Recombinant microorganism capable of producing methyl anthranilate and method of producing methyl anthranilate using the same

ABSTRACT

Disclosed are a recombinant microorganism capable of producing methyl anthranilate, wherein the recombinant microorganism is obtained by introducing an aamt1 gene into a microorganism having the capacity to produce anthranilic acid (ANT), and a method of producing methyl anthranilate using the same. The recombinant microorganism is capable of producing methyl anthranilate using only a purely biological process from renewable carbon-circulating biomass without chemical catalytic reaction, thus having an advantage of enabling mass production of high value-added methyl anthranilate in a very economical manner based on an environmentally friendly and simple production process.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

The priority under 35 USC § 119 of Korean Patent Application10-2019-0022379 filed Feb. 26, 2019 is hereby claimed. The disclosure ofKorean Patent Application 10-2019-0022379 is hereby incorporated hereinby reference, in its entirety, for all purposes.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to a recombinant microorganism capable ofproducing methyl anthranilate and a method of producing methylanthranilate using the same, and more particularly to a recombinantmicroorganism capable of producing methyl anthranilate, wherein therecombinant microorganism is obtained by introducing an aamt1 gene intoa microorganism having the capacity to produce anthranilic acid (ANT),and a method of producing methyl anthranilate using the same.

BACKGROUND ART

Methyl anthranilate (MANT), which gives a grape scent and flavor, hasbeen extensively used as a flavor enhancer in flavored foods (e.g.,candy, chewing gum or soft drinks), cosmetics (perfume or masks),pharmaceuticals and the like. MANT is used as an important additiveespecially in perfumes and cosmetics owing to the pleasant aromathereof. In addition, MANT has various industrial applications as a birdand goose repellent for crop protection, as an oxidation inhibitor or aUV radiation-blocking agent, and as an intermediate for the synthesis ofa wide range of chemicals, dyes and pharmaceuticals.

MANT is a natural metabolite giving the characteristic odor of Concordgrapes, and is contained in several essential oils (e.g., neroli,ylang-ylang and jasmine). However, it is economically infeasible todirectly extract MANT from plants due to the low yield thereof.Currently, MANT is being commercially manufactured throughpetroleum-based chemical processes, which mainly rely on esterificationof anthranilic acid (ANT) with methanol or isatoic anhydride withmethanol, using homogeneous acids as catalysts. However, these processeshave drawbacks, for example, the requirement of acid catalysts in largequantities and problems with disposal of toxic liquid acids after thereaction. Moreover, MANT produced by such chemical methods is classifiedas an “artificial flavor” which does not meet the increasing demand byconsumers for natural flavors. Taking another important flavoring agent,vanillin, as an example, market preference for natural vanillin has ledto a far higher price of $1,200-$4,000/kg, compared to $15/kg forartificial vanillin. However, it is currently difficult to supplysufficient MANT from natural substances. In order to obtain substitutesto natural MANT, biotransformation approaches using several enzymes andmicrobes have been attempted for MANT production by esterification ofANT or N-demethylation of N-methyl ANT. These biotransformationprocedures are considered more ecofriendly than chemical synthesis, butthe use thereof to date is limited due to low yields, long reactiontimes and formation of byproducts. In addition, the chemical andbiotransformation processes mentioned above depend on petroleum-basedsubstrates.

MANT biosynthesis based on biotransformation methods known to date isdisclosed in only two reports describing the process of MANTbiosynthesis in monosaccharide (maltose) using the wild fungi Poriacocos and Pycnoporus cinnabarinus nearly 30 years ago [Berger, R. G. etal., Microbial sources of flavour compounds. (Berlin, Germany; 415-434,1988), Gross, B. et al. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 34, 387-391, 1990].Unfortunately, the MANT productivity achieved in these two studies wasextremely low (the concentration of MANT produced after 5 days ofculture was 18.7 mg/L), and the underlying biosynthetic mechanismsincluding biosynthesis genes, enzymes and pathways in these two fungalspecies have not been elucidated. For this reason, it was not easy toimprove these fungal species.

Thus, the present inventors have made efforts to establish a variety ofmetabolic engendering pathways leading to the biosynthesis of MANT fromsimple carbon sources (e.g., glucose) in order to develop mutantmicroorganisms capable of efficiently producing MANT based onreconstituted biosynthetic pathways and to produce 100% biologicallybased natural MANT in an environmentally friendly manner throughfermentation of renewable raw materials (e.g. glucose). As a result, thepresent inventors have found that MANT can be produced easily byrecombinant microorganisms expressing anthranilic acid methyltransferase(AAMT1) derived from Zea mays, which converts ANT to MANT, havesignificantly improved the production of MANT through additionalmetabolic and fermentation engineering approaches, and have identifiedthat food-grade MANT suitable for human consumption can be produced bythe method described above, thereby completing the present invention.

DISCLOSURE Technical Problem

Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the aboveproblems, and it is an object of the present invention to produce arecombinant microorganism capable of producing high value-added methylanthranilate through biotransformation using a simple carbon source suchas glucose, and to provide a method of producing methyl anthranilateusing the same.

Technical Solution

In accordance with an aspect of the present invention, the above andother objects can be accomplished by the provision of a recombinantmicroorganism obtained by introducing a gene encoding anthranilateO-methyltransferase into a microorganism having the capacity to produceanthranilic acid (ANT), the recombinant microorganism having thecapacity to produce methyl anthranilate (MANT).

In accordance with another aspect of the present invention, there isprovided a method of producing methyl anthranilate including (a)culturing the recombinant microorganism to produce methyl anthranilateand (b) recovering the methyl anthranilate.

Advantageous Effects

The recombinant microorganism according to the present invention iscapable of producing methyl anthranilate using only a purely biologicalprocess from renewable carbon-circulating biomass without a chemicalcatalytic reaction, thus having an advantage of enabling mass-productionof high value-added methyl anthranilate in a very economical mannerbased on an environmentally friendly and simple production process andthus being variously applicable to the food and cosmetic industries.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

The above and other objects, features and other advantages of thepresent invention will be more clearly understood from the followingdetailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanyingdrawings, in which:

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating E. coli (a) and C. glutamicum(b) metabolic circuits associated with MANT biosynthesis and importantmetabolic engineering strategies used in the present invention;

FIG. 2 shows an overview of the overall engineering strategy foroptimizing MANT production in E. coli (a) and C. glutamicum (b);

FIG. 3 in part a shows two biosynthetic pathways from ANT to MANT,wherein the first pathway is a two-step conversion from ANT to MANT viaanthraniloyl-CoA catalyzed by an anthraniloyl-CoA-linking enzyme (a) andanthraniloyl-CoA:methanol acyltransferase (b), and CoA, ATP and methanolare involved in this conversion process, and the second pathway is asingle-step conversion from ANT to MANT catalyzed by SAM-dependentmethyltransferase for co-converting SAM to SAH.

FIG. 3 in part b shows strain growth (white), ANT concentration (gray)and MANT concentration (black) depending on whether pTrcAAMT isintroduced into an E. coli strain (W3110 trpD9923) overproducing ANT;

FIG. 4 shows the resistance of E. coli to various concentrations of MANT(black diamond, 0 g/L; black square, 0.1 g/L; black triangle, 0.2 g/L;black circle, 0.3 g/L; white diamond, 0.5 g/L; white square, 0.7 g/L;white triangle, 0.8 g/L; white circle, 1.0 g/L);

FIG. 5 shows (a) two-phase culture medium containing tributyrin as anorganic solvent and cells and (b) strain growth (white), ANTconcentration (gray) and MANT concentration (black) in aqueous, organicand the overall phase during two-phase flask culture;

FIG. 6 shows (a) a strategy for optimizing the expression level ofaamt1^(opt) using a combination of the numbers of copies of variouspromoters and plasmids to increase the production of MANT and (b) straingrowth (white), ANT concentration (gray) and MANT concentration (black)resulting therefrom;

FIG. 7 shows (a) strain growth (white) in variously engineered strainsand ANT production (gray) from glucose to increase the supply ofprecursor ANT and (b) MANT production (black) from glucose when using astrain overproducing ANT, for improvement of the productivity of MANT,wherein white represents strain growth, gray represents ANT productionand black represents MANT production;

FIG. 8 shows strain growth (white), ANT concentration (gray) and MANTconcentration (black) upon overexpression of metA^(fbr), cysE^(fbr) andmetK genes and the addition of L-methionine (20 mM) for production ofMANT from glucose;

FIG. 9 shows strain growth, ANT concentration and MANT concentrationupon two-phase extraction fed-batch fermentation of (a) a ZWA4 strainintroduced with pBBR1G^(fbr)A^(fbr)E^(fbr) and pTacTK and (b) a ZWA4strain introduced with pBBR1G^(fbr)A^(fbr)E^(fbr) and pTacT, wherein thecircles represent cell growth (OD₆₀₀), the squares represent residualglucose concentration (g/L), the gray diamonds represent ANTconcentration (g/L), and the black triangles represent MANTconcentration (g/L);

FIG. 10 shows the toxicity of MANT concentrations to (a) P. putidaKT2440 and (b) C. glutamicum (black diamond, 0 g/L; black square, 0.1g/L; black triangle, 0.3 g/L; black circle, 0.5 g/L; white diamond, 0.75g/L; white circle, 1.0 g/L);

FIG. 11 is (a) a schematic diagram showing the production of a vectorhaving a variety of promoters for regulating aamt1^(opt) gene expressionin C. glutamicum, and shows (b) strain growth (white) and MANTproduction (black) resulting therefrom;

FIG. 12 shows the effects of deletion of trpD, qsuB and qsuD genes andcodon optimization of aamt1 in a C. glutamicum strain on MANTproductivity, wherein white represents strain growth, gray representsANT production and black represents MANT production;

FIG. 13 shows the change of MANT productivity depending on the increasein ANT production by overexpression of feedback-resistant aroG^(S180F)in a C. glutamicum mutant strain according to an embodiment of thepresent invention, wherein white represents strain growth, grayrepresents ANT production, black represents MANT production andrepresents two-phase culture;

FIG. 14 shows the effect of manipulation of availability of co-substrateSAM in the C. glutamicum mutant strain according to an embodiment of thepresent invention on MANT productivity, wherein white represents straingrowth, gray represents ANT production and black represents MANTproduction;

FIG. 15 shows the production of MANT through single-phase fed-batchfermentation in the C. glutamicum mutant strain according to anembodiment of the present invention, wherein the white circles representcell growth (OD₆₀₀), the white squares represent residual glucoseconcentration (g/L), the gray diamonds represent ANT concentration (g/L)and the black triangles represent MANT concentration (g/L);

FIG. 16 shows MANT production through two-phase extraction fed-batchfermentation in the C. glutamicum mutant strain according to anembodiment of the present invention, wherein the white circles representcell growth (OD₆₀₀), the white squares represent residual glucoseconcentration (g/L), the gray diamonds represent ANT concentration(g/L), and the black triangles represent MANT concentration (g/L);

FIG. 17 shows MANT production through two-phase extraction fed-batchfermentation in the C. glutamicum mutant strain according to anembodiment of the present invention, wherein the white circles representcell growth (OD₆₀₀), the white squares represent residual glucoseconcentration (g/L), the gray diamonds represent ANT concentration (g/L)and the black triangles represent MANT concentration (g/L);

FIG. 18 shows MANT production through fed-batch fermentation in the C.glutamicum strain {YTM8 (pSH36HTc and pEKGH)} according to an embodimentof the present invention, wherein the white circles represent cellgrowth (OD₆₀₀), the white squares represent residual glucoseconcentration (g/L), the gray diamonds represent ANT concentration(g/L), and the black triangles represent MANT concentration (g/L); and

FIG. 19 shows ANT production through fed-batch fermentation in the C.glutamicum strain according to an embodiment of the present invention,wherein the white circles represent cell growth (OD₆₀₀), the whitesquares represent residual glucose concentration (g/L) and the graydiamonds represent ANT concentration (g/L).

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used hereinhave the same meanings as appreciated by those skilled in the field towhich the present invention pertains. In general, the nomenclature usedherein is well-known in the art and is ordinarily used.

The present invention is based on the identification that a recombinantmicroorganism having the capacity to produce methyl anthranilate can beproduced by introducing a gene encoding anthranilic acidmethyltransferase into a microorganism having no capacity to producemethyl anthranilate, and that the capacity to produce methylanthranilate can be significantly improved by introducing additionalmetabolic engineering methods into the pathway of producing anthranilicacid, which is a precursor of methyl anthranilate, and the pathway ofconversion from anthranilic acid to methyl anthranilate.

Therefore, in one aspect, the present invention provides a recombinantmicroorganism obtained by introducing a gene encoding anthranilateO-methyltransferase into a microorganism having the capacity to produceanthranilic acid (ANT), the recombinant microorganism having thecapacity to produce methyl anthranilate (MANT).

According to the present invention, the gene encoding anthranilateO-methyltransferase may be aamt1, aamt2 or aamt3, but is not limitedthereto.

In the present invention, the aamt1 gene may be derived from corn (Zeamays), but is not limited thereto. The aamt1 gene may be represented bySEQ ID NO: 1, but is not limited thereto. That is, in the presentinvention, the recombinant microorganism having the capacity to producemethyl anthranilate may be prepared by introducing an aamt1 gene derivedfrom microorganisms or organisms other than corn (Zea mays), and theaamt1 gene may be codon-optimized to be suitable for a hostmicroorganism. For example, in an embodiment of the present invention,the recombinant microorganism is prepared using E. coli and C.glutamicum strains as the host microorganism, and the aamt1 gene may becodon-optimized to be suitable for each of E. coli and C. glutamicumstrains before use and how to codon-optimize is well known in the art.

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In the present invention, anthranilic acid methyltransferase gene suchas aamt1 gene may be introduced along with a promoter selected from thegroup consisting of lac, lacUV5, trc, tac, trp, araBAD, T3, T5, T7, L10,I16, H30, H36, sod, tuf, eftu, Pm and Ptet, but is not limited thereto.

In the present invention, the capacity to produce anthranilic acid maybe inherent in the microorganism, or may be introduced from an externalorigin, but is not limited thereto. Anthranilic acid, which is aprecursor of methyl anthranilate, maybe added from an external source toa culture medium during culture of the recombinant microorganism, whichcan be used for the production of methyl anthranilate.

In the present invention, the microorganism having the capacity toproduce anthranilic acid is selected from the group consisting ofbacteria, archaea, yeast, fungi, protozoa (such as mastigophora,amoebozoa, choanoflagellate, rhizaria and chromalveolata) andmicroalgae, and is preferably selected from the group consisting ofEscherichia coli, Corynebacterium sp., Bacillus sp., Lactobacillus sp.,Lactococcus sp., Pseudomonas sp., Anacystis sp., Anabena sp., Chlorobiumsp., Chloroflexus sp., Clostridium sp., Methanobacterium,Propionibacterium sp., Rhodopsuedomonas sp., Rhodobacter sp., Rhodovulumsp., Streptococcus sp., Saccharomyces sp., and Aspergillus sp., and ismore preferably selected from the group consisting of Escherichia coli,Corynebacterium glutamicum, Bacillus subtilis, Lactobacillus brevis,Lactobacillus casei, Lactobacillus reuteri, Lactococcus lactis,Aspergillus niger, Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Saccharomyces pombe, butis not limited thereto.

In the present invention, the recombinant microorganism may becharacterized in that SAM recycling capacity is further enhanced.

In the present invention, the recombinant microorganism introduced withthe aamt1 gene may further include at least one of the followingadditional mutations:

The recombinant microorganism may be characterized in that at least onegene selected from the group consisting of trpD, pykA and pykF isdeleted or inhibited.

The recombinant microorganism may be characterized in that at least onefeedback resistance gene selected from the group consisting ofaroG^(fbr), MetA^(fbr), cysE^(fbr) and trpE^(fbr) is introduced oramplified. The aroG^(fbr) gene may be aroG^(D146N) or aroG^(S180F), butis not limited thereto.

The recombinant microorganism may be characterized in that at least onegene selected from the group consisting of ppsA, aroL, tktA, metK, mtnand luxS is introduced or amplified.

In the present invention, the recombinant microorganism may becharacterized in that aamt1, aroG^(fbr), metA^(fbr), cysE^(fbr) and ppsAgenes are introduced or amplified, and trpD and pykF genes are deletedor inhibited, but is not limited thereto. The recombinant microorganismmay be characterized in that a tktA and/or metK gene is furtherintroduced or amplified, but is not limited thereto. The recombinantmicroorganism may be Escherichia coli (E. coli), but is not limitedthereto.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the host microorganism forproducing the recombinant microorganism is Escherichia coli, forexample, a mutant strain W3110 trpD9923 already having suppressed trpDactivity. For W3110 trpD9923, the 8^(th) codon of trpD is mutated fromGAA to TAA, the stop codon (Balderas-Hernáandez, V. E. et al. Microb.Cell Fact. 8, 19, 2009).

In one embodiment of the present invention, the recombinantmicroorganism may be a recombinant microorganism in which the aamt1 geneis introduced into the W3110 trpD9923 strain, and the aamt1 gene may becodon-optimized (aamt1^(opt)) to be suitable for Escherichia coli. Theaamt1 (or aamt1^(opt)) gene can be introduced along with a Trc promoteror a Tac promoter so that expression can be regulated by the promoter.

In the present invention, an aroG^(fbr) gene may be further introducedinto the recombinant microorganism in which the aamt1 (aamt1^(opt)) geneis introduced into the W3110 trpD9923 strain. In this case, thearoG^(fbr) gene can be regulated by various intensities of promoters,and is preferably introduced along with a lac promoter. A tktA gene maybe further introduced into the recombinant microorganism or amplified,and the tktA gene may be introduced into the recombinant microorganismas one vector together with the aroG^(fbr) gene, but is not limitedthereto.

In another embodiment of the present invention, the W3110 trpD9923strain may be produced and used as a ZW4 strain in which a promoter ofan intrinsic ppsA gene is substituted with a Trc promoter and a pykEgene is deleted. In the ZW4 strain, the aroL gene and the trpE^(fbr)gene may be overexpressed in the presence of the Tac promoter so thatthe production of the precursor metabolite anthranilic acid can bemaximized.

In another embodiment of the present invention, the aamt1 (oraamt1^(opt)) gene is introduced into the ZW4 strain, and the aroG^(fbr)gene is further introduced into the ZW4 strain, and/or the tktA gene isfurther introduced or amplified, so that the production of methylanthranilate can be improved.

In another embodiment of the present invention, the aamt1 (oraamt1^(opt)) gene is introduced into the ZW4 strain, and the aroG^(fbr),metA^(fbr), and cysE^(fbr) gene is further introduced into the ZW4strain, and/or the tktA gene is further introduced or amplified, so thatthe production of methyl anthranilate can be improved.

In another embodiment of the present invention, the aamt1 (oraamt1^(opt)) gene is introduced into the ZW4 strain, and the aroG^(fbr)gene is further introduced into the ZW4 strain, and/or the tktA gene andmetK gene are further introduced or amplified, so that the production ofmethyl anthranilate can be improved.

In the present invention, the recombinant microorganism introduced withthe aamt1 gene may further include at least one of the followingadditional mutations:

The recombinant microorganism may be characterized in that at least onegene selected from the group consisting of trpD, qsuB, qsuD and hdpA isdeleted or inhibited.

The recombinant microorganism may be characterized in that at least onegene selected from the group consisting of aroK, aroB, tkt, metK, aroGand sahH is introduced or amplified. The aroG gene may be aroG^(fbr)having feedback resistance, for example, aroG^(D146N) or aroG^(S180F),but is not limited thereto.

The recombinant microorganism may be characterized in that an aamt1 geneis introduced or amplified and trpD, qsuB, qsuD and hdpA genes aredeleted or inhibited, but is not limited thereto. The recombinantmicroorganism may be Corynebacterium glutamicum (C. glutamicum), but isnot limited thereto.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the host microorganism forproducing the recombinant microorganism may be Corynebacteriumglutamicum (C. glutamicum), for example, C. glutamicum ATCC 13032.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the recombinantmicroorganism for producing methyl anthranilate may be a recombinantmicroorganism in which the aamt1 gene is introduced into the C.glutamicum ATCC 13032 strain, and the aamt1 gene may be codon-optimized(aamt1^(opt)), preferably codon-optimized to be suitable for C.glutamicum (aamt1^(opt-cgl)). The aamt1 (or aamt1^(opt),aamt1^(opt-cgl)) gene may be introduced with a Tac or H36 promoter sothat expression can be regulated by the promoter.

In another embodiment of the present invention, the aamt1 (oraamt1^(opt), aamt1^(opt-cgl)) gene is introduced into a YTM1 strain,which is a C. glutamicum ATCC 13032 strain from which a trpD gene hasbeen deleted, or a YTM2 strain, which is a C. glutamicum ATCC 13032strain from which all of trpD, qsuB and qsuD genes have been deleted, sothat the production of methyl anthranilate can be improved.

In another embodiment of the present invention, in addition to the aamt1(or aamt1^(opt), aamt1^(opt-cgl)) gene, an aroG^(S180F) gene is furtherintroduced into the YTM2 strain, so that the production of methylanthranilate can be improved.

In another embodiment of the present invention, in addition to the aamt1(or aamt1^(opt), aamt1^(opt-cgl)) gene and the aroG^(S180F) gene, a metKgene is further introduced into the YTM2 strain or amplified, so thatthe production of methyl anthranilate can be improved.

In another embodiment of the present invention, in addition to the aamt1(or aamt1^(opt), aamt1^(opt-cgl)) gene and the aroG^(S180F) gene, a sahHgene is further introduced into the YTM2 strain or amplified, so thatthe production of methyl anthranilate can be improved.

In another embodiment of the present invention, in addition to the aamt1(or aamt1^(opt), aamt1^(opt-cgl)) gene and the aroG^(S180F) gene, a sahHgene is further introduced into the YTM2 strain or amplified, and a hdpAgene is further deleted or inhibited, so that the production of methylanthranilate can be improved.

In various embodiments of the present invention, the start codon of somegenes is modified from ATG to GTG so that the production of methylanthranilate can be improved.

Meanwhile, in the present invention, when the recombinant microorganismis cultured, methyl anthranilate can be produced. In this case, by usinga medium containing both an aqueous phase and an organic phase, therecombinant microorganism can be protected from the cytotoxicity of theproduced methyl anthranilate, and thus production of methyl anthranilatecan be increased. The effects of improving productivity through theaddition of methionine and of removing a byproduct (succinic acid) dueto increase in the amount of dissolved oxygen can be further identified.

Therefore, in another aspect, the present invention provides a method ofproducing methyl anthranilate comprising (a) culturing the recombinantmicroorganism to produce methyl anthranilate and (b) recovering themethyl anthranilate.

In the present invention, the culture is a culture in two phases, namelyan aqueous phase and an organic phase, wherein the organic phase (i) isbiocompatible and thus does not inhibit microbial cell growth, (2) isnon-bioavailable and thus is not available for catabolism by microbialcells, and (3) may be any organic phase with high MANT solubilitywithout limitation and preferably includes an organic substance such astributyrin, silicon oil or 2-undecanone, but is not limited thereto.

In the present invention, the recombinant microorganism may be culturedin a medium supplemented with methionine.

In the present invention, the recombinant microorganism may be culturedwhile maintaining the amount of dissolved oxygen in the culture solutionin the range from 40 to 60% in step (a).

In the present invention, the recombinant microorganism may be culturedin a medium supplemented with anthranilic acid in step (a)

In the present invention, “a gene is introduced or amplified” includesthat, not only it is artificially expressed in the host microorganism toprovide the activity of the enzyme or protein when an enzyme or proteinproduced by the gene is not present in a host microorganism, but also anenzyme or protein produced by the gene is modified in order for theenzyme or protein to have enhanced activity compared to the intrinsicactivity thereof.

In the present invention, “modified to have enhanced activity comparedto intrinsic activity” means a state in which the activity of themicroorganism after manipulation is increased compared to the activityof the microorganism before the manipulation, such as the introductionof genes exhibiting activity or an increased number of copies of thecorresponding gene (for example, expression using a plasmid introducedwith the gene), and deletion of the inhibitory regulatory factors of thegene expression or modification of expression regulation sequences, forexample, the use of enhanced promoters.

In the present invention, “enhancement in enzymatic activity” includesnot only having effects beyond original functions through newintroduction of activity of enzymes or amplification thereof, but alsoincreased enzymatic activity based on an increase in endogenous geneactivity, amplification of endogenous genes due to internal or externalfactors, deletion of inhibitory regulatory factors of the geneexpression, an increase in the number of copies of genes, introductionof genes from external sources, modification of expression regulationsequences, in particular, promoter replacement or modification, andincreased enzymatic activity due to gene mutations.

In the present invention “a gene is deleted or inhibited” includes notonly removal of an enzyme or protein produced by the gene from a hostmicroorganism, but also modification of the enzyme or protein producedby the gene such that the activity of the enzyme or protein isattenuated compared to the intrinsic activity thereof.

In the present invention, “modified to have attenuated activity comparedto intrinsic activity” means a state in which the activity of themicroorganism after the manipulation is decreased compared to theactivity of the microorganism before the manipulation, such as deletionor inactivation of genes exhibiting activity (for example, substitutionwith mutant genes), attenuated gene expression (e.g., substitution withweak promoters, introduction of siRNA, gRNA, sRNA and the like,replacement of start codon from ATG to GTG), and inhibition of activityof the enzyme expressed by the gene (for example, addition ofnon-competitive or competitive inhibitors).

As used herein, the term “intrinsic activity” refers to the activity ofan enzyme or the like that a microorganism innately has in an unmodifiedstate, the term “modified to have enhanced activity compared to theintrinsic activity” means that an activity is newly introduced orimproved compared to the enzyme activity before modification, and theterm “modified to have attenuated activity compared to intrinsicactivity” means that the present activity is lost or reduced compared tothe enzyme activity before modification.

In the present invention, the term “deletion” encompasses cases in whicha gene is not expressed through a method of mutation, replacement ordeletion of a part or the entirety of the base of the gene and in whichthe enzymatic activity thereof is not expressed even though the gene isexpressed, and includes all operations for blocking biosyntheticpathways that the enzyme of the corresponding gene mediates.

In the present invention, the term “overexpression” refers to expressionat a level higher than the level at which the corresponding gene in thecell is expressed in a normal state, and includes increases inexpression levels by replacing promoters of genes present on the genomewith stronger promoters or cloning the corresponding gene into theexpression vector to transform cells therewith.

As used herein, the term “vector” means a DNA product containing a basesequence of a polynucleotide encoding a target protein operably linkedto a suitable control sequence so as to express the target protein in asuitable host. The control sequence includes a promoter capable ofinitiating transcription, any operator sequence for controlling suchtranscription, a sequence encoding a suitable mRNA ribosomal bindingsite, and a sequence for controlling termination of transcription andtranslation. After the vector is transformed into a suitable host cell,it may be replicated or perform functions independent of the hostgenome, and may be integrated with the genome.

The vector that can be used in the present invention may be at least oneselected from the group consisting of pTac15K, pBBR1MCS, pEKEx1 andpCES208, but is not limited thereto.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in more detail withreference to examples. However, it will be obvious to those skilled inthe art that these examples are provided only for illustration of thepresent invention and should not be construed as limiting the scope ofthe present invention.

In particular, it will be obvious to those skilled in the art that E.coli and Corynebacterium glutamicum are used as host microorganisms inthe following examples, but other bacteria, yeasts and fungi may also beused. In addition, in the following examples, it will be apparent tothose skilled in the art that genes to be introduced are exemplifiedonly by genes derived from specific strains, but there are nolimitations on the strains derived as long as they are introduced intohost cells and exhibit the same activity. In addition, it will beunderstood that variations in the nucleotide sequence that can betranslated into the same amino acid used in the following examples maybe easily substituted by those skilled in the art, and therefore fallwithin the scope of the present invention.

EXAMPLE 1 Construction of MANT Biosynthesis Pathway

1-1. Selection of Metabolic Circuit from ANT to MANT

Research commenced based on mechanisms of MANT biosynthesis in plantsdue to the lack of sufficient research on MANT metabolism in E. coli andC. glutamicum strains used in the present invention. Two differentenzymes, anthraniloyl-CoA:methanol acyltransferase and SAM-dependentmethyltransferase, are reported to mediate biosynthesis of MANT fromanthranilate in plants (FIG. 3 in part a). Both routes share the sameprecursor metabolite ANT, which is derived from the L-tryptophan (L-TRP)biosynthesis pathway in plants. The present invention focuses onselection of SAM-dependent methyltransferase encoded by aamt1 ratherthan anthraniloyl-CoA:methanol acyltransferase in designing metabolicpathways for MANT biosynthesis for the following reasons. First,anthraniloyl-CoA:methanol acyltransferase requires two steps (CoAactivation and acyl transfer) for production of MANT from anthranilate,while the SAM-dependent methyltransferase route requires onlysingle-step conversion from ANT to MANT. Second, in order to form MANTby transferring a methyl group to ANT for anthraniloyl-CoA:methanolacyltransferase-based MANT production, methanol is required as aco-substrate. However, because E. coli is not capable of naturallyproducing methanol, methanol supplementation from an external source isrequired, complicating the entire microorganism production system.Therefore, the present invention focuses on research on the latter routebecause it does not require methanol which is toxic. The SAM-dependentanthranilic acid methyltransferase used for MANT biosynthesis wasanthranilic acid methyltransferase) (AAMT1, aamt1) derived from maize(Zea mays).

1-2. Vector Production for Construction of Metabolic Circuit from ANT toMANT and MANT Biosynthesis Verification

MANT is the carboxymethyl ester of anthranilate, which is anintermediate in the L-tryptophan production metabolic pathway. In E.coli and many other organisms, the carbon flow of anthranilatebiosynthesis may be derived from polymerization of D-erythrose4-phosphate (E4P) and phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP) to produce3-deoxy-D-arabino-heptulosonic acid 7-phosphate (DAHP) (FIG. 1). Sixadditional reactions result in the synthesis of chorismate, leading tothe beginning of biosynthetic pathways for L-tryptophan, L-tyrosine andL-phenylalanine production. In E. coli, the trpD gene has additionalactivity due to being fused with the trpG gene encoding anthranilatephosphoribosyltransferase. Thus, inactivation of trpD is key to blockingthe carbon flow from anthranilate to phosphoribosyl anthranilate (PRANT)for the preferential use of anthranilate for MANT production. Initialresearch on the polarity of an L-tryptophan operon in E. coli hasidentified mutants that secrete anthranilate and has shown that one ofthose mutant strains (W3110 trpD9923), obtained through UV mutagenesis,includes a trpD gene mutation. This strain was used in the presentinvention.

The vector pTrcT capable of expressing a MANT biosynthesis gene wasproduced in E. coli strain W3110 trpD9923 (Yanofsky et al., Genet. 69,409-433, 1971) over-producing ANT through the following process. Thegene aamt1 was codon-optimized in E. coli, designated as aamt1^(opt)(SEQ ID NO: 1), and synthesized at GenScript (New Jersey, USA). Theaamt1^(opt) was amplified using primers of SEQ ID NO: 2 and SEQ ID NO: 3and inserted into the vector pTrc99A cleaved with ecoRI and PstI toconstruct the vector pTrcT. ANT and MANT production was identifiedthrough shake flask culture using glucose as a single carbon source inMR medium (6.67 g/L of KH₂PO₄, 4 g/L of (NH₄)₂HPO₄, 0.8 g/L ofMgSO₄.7H₂O, 0.8 g/L of citric acid, and 5 mL of a trace metal solution(Lee et al., J. Environ. Polym. Degrad. 4, 131-134, 1996)).

The flask culture conditions are as follows: E. coli strains wereinoculated into 5 mL of LB medium (10 g/L of tryptone, 5 g/L of yeastextract, 10 g/L of NaCl) from −80° C. glycerol stock and incubated at37° C. and 200 rpm for 12 hours. After 12 hours, 1 mL of the strainincubated in LB medium was inoculated into 50 mL of MR medium(supplemented with 20 mg/L of L-tryptophan and 10 mg/L of thiamine) in a300 mL baffle flask and cultured at 37° C. and 200 rpm. Six hours afterinoculation, when OD₆₀₀ reached 0.6 to 0.8, 1 mM of IPTG was added.Flask culture was performed for 60 hours after strain inoculation.

The W3110 trpD9923 strain having pTrcT successfully produced 35.8±3.0mg/L of MANT and 215.5±7.5 mg/L of ANT (FIG. 3 in part b). On the otherhand, a base strain introduced with an empty vector did not produce MANTat all.

TABLE 1 SEQ ID NO Base sequence SEQ ID NO: 25 'AGACAGGAATTCATGCCGATGCGTATTGAG-3' SEQ ID NO: 35 'AGACAGCTGCAGTCACACATGGATAATCGC-3'

EXAMPLE 2 MANT Toxicity Test on E. Coli and Two-Phase Extraction FlaskCulture

2-1. Test of MANT Toxicity on E. Coli

Prior to further manipulation for MANT production in ANT-producingstrains, a MANT toxicity test was first conducted on E. coli. MANT haslow solubility in water (2.85 g/L at 25° C.) and an octanol/waterpartition coefficient (log Kow) of 1.88. It is known that, as thepolarity in E. coli increases, the octanol/water partition coefficientdecreases and the toxicity of the solvent increases. Thus, MANT wasexpected to be toxic to E. coli. As a result of exposing E. coli tovarious concentrations of MANT up to 1 g/L, the final OD₆₀₀ value wassignificantly reduced. The MANT toxicity test on E. coli showed that E.coli can withstand MANT up to 0.5 g/L. The final OD₆₀₀ value whenexposed to 0.5 g/L of MANT was found to be about one third of that ofthe base strain not exposed to MANT (FIG. 4). The low resistance of E.coli to MANT could adversely affect E. coli mutations that produce MANTat high concentrations. Thus, E. coli was cultured in a modified culturesystem.

2-2. Two-Phase Extraction Flask Culture of E. Coli

In order to solve the problem of toxicity of MANT, a two-phase aqueousorganic culture system was used in the present invention (FIG. 5 in parta). Tributyrin was used as an organic solvent to extract MANT from theculture medium. Tributyrin extraction capacity was determined bymeasuring the partition coefficient between the aqueous medium of MANTand tributyrin, the solvent, and the result is shown in Table 2.Tributyrin is also capable of extracting ANT, but the amount of ANTextracted is very small compared to the amount of MANT and thus isnegligible. As a result of using a two-phase flask culture at a ratio ofthe aqueous phase to the organic phase of 5:1, it was found that MANTproduction increased to 65.6±0.4 mg/L, which is an increase of 83.2%compared to the single-phase flask culture (FIG. 5 in part b). Theculture was carried out under the same conditions as in Example 1-2,except that, when IPTG was added, 10 mL of tributyrin was addedtherewith. MANT productivity was calculated on an aqueous phase basis(that is, Titer=C_(aq)·V_(aq)+C_(org)·V_(org))/V_(aq))).

TABLE 2 Partition coefficient of MANT and ANT between aqueous- phaseculture medium and organic-phase tributyrin Partition Substance Aqueousphase state coefficient MANT Carbon-free MR minimum 420.1 ± 7.6  medium,pH 7.0 Anthranilate Carbon-free MR minimum 4.7 ± 0.2 medium, pH 5.0Anthranilate Carbon-free MR minimum 0.1 ± 0.0 medium, pH 7.0Anthranilate Carbon-free MR minimum Very low medium, pH 9.0

EXAMPLE 3 Optimization of AAMT1 Expression Level to Improve MANTProduction in E. Coli

The MANT production pathway was constructed in E. coli and optimizationof the expression level of AAMT1 was attempted in order to enhance MANTproduction. In order to obtain AAMT1 at various levels of expression,the aamt1 gene expressing AAMT1 was introduced into two differentexpression vectors, pTac15K-derived vector (low copy number) andpTrc99A-derived vector (medium copy number). The two vectors each have aseries of synthetic promoters with varying transcription intensities(see Table 3, BBa_J23177, BBa_J23114, BBa_J23105, BBa_J23118,BBa_J23101, BBa_J23100).

TABLE 3 Sequences and relative intensities of synthetic  promotersRelative Name intensity Sequence (5'-3') BBa_J23100 1       TTGACGGCTAGCTCAGTCCTAGGTACAG TGCTAGC BBa_J23101 0.70TTTACAGCTAGCTCAGTCCTAGGTATTA TGCTAGC BBa_J23118 0.56TTGACGGCTAGCTCAGTCCTAGGTATTG TGCTAGC BBa_J23105 0.24TTTACGGCTAGCTCAGTCCTAGGTACTA TGCTAGC BBa_J23114 0.10TTTATGGCTAGCTCAGTCCTAGGTACAA TGCTAGC BBa_J23117 0.06TTGACAGCTAGCTCAGTCCTAGGGATTG TGCTAGC

The gene aamt1^(opt) was amplified with SEQ ID NO: 4 and SEQ ID NO: 5and inserted into pSynPPC1, pSynPPC2, pSynPPC3, pSynPPC4, pSynPPC5,pSynPPC6, pSynPPC13, pSynPPC14, pSynPPC15, pSynPPC16, pSynPPC17, andpSynPPC18 (Song & Lee, Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 99, 8455-8464,2015), and the amplification products and the vectors were cleaved withEcoRI and SacI and the cleaved amplification product was inserted atpositions cleaved with EcoRI and SacI by Gibson assembly to finallyproduce pSynT1, pSynT2, pSynT3, pSynT4, pSynT5, pSynT6, pSynT7, pSynT8,pSynT9, pSynT10, pSynT11, and pSynT12. Specifically, pSynT1 to pSynT6were obtained by introducing six intensities of promoters (sequentially,BBa_J23117, BBa_J23114, BBa_J23105, BBa_J23118, BBa_J23101, andBBa_J23100) into the medium-copy pTrc99A vector, and pSynT7 to pSynT12were obtained by introducing six intensities of promoters (sequentially,BBa_J23117, BBa_J23114, BBa_J23105, BBa_J23118, BBa_J23101, andBBa_J23100) into the low-copy pTac15K vector.

Further, pTac15K-derived vectors, pTacT and pT5T, having tac and T5promoters, respectively, were constructed. In the case of the vectorpTacT, the aamt1^(opt) gene was amplified with SEQ ID NO: 2 and SEQ IDNO: 3 and inserted into pTac15K cleaved with restriction enzymes EcoRIand PstI to finally produce pTacT. In the case of vector pT5T, theaamt1^(opt) gene was amplified with SEQ ID NO: 6 and SEQ ID NO: 7, wasassembled to the vector pQE-30 (Qiagen, USA) amplified with SEQ ID NO:8and SEQ ID NO: 9 by Gibson-assembly to produce the vectorpQE-aamt1^(opt), and T5-aamt1^(opt) was amplified from pQE-aamt1^(opt)with SEQ ID NO: 10 and SEQ ID NO: 11 and inserted into pTac15K cleavedwith restriction enzyme NheI to finally produce pT5T.

TABLE 4 SEQ ID  NO: Base sequence SEQ ID 5'AGACAGGAATTCTCACACAGGAAACAGACCATGCCGAT NO: 4 GCGTATTGAG-3' SEQ ID 5'AGACAGGAGCTCTCACACATGGATAATCGC-3' NO: 5 SEQ ID 5'TTAAAGAGGAGAAATTAACTATGCCGATGCGTATTGAG NO: 6 CG-3' SEQ ID 5'CTATCAACAGGAGTCCAAGCTCACACATGGATAATCGC NO: 7 CT-3' SEQ ID 5'AGGCGATTATCCATGTGTGAGCTTGGACTCCTGTTGAT NO: 8 AG-3' SEQ ID 5'CGCTCAATACGCATCGGCATAGTTAATTTCTCCTCTTT NO: 9 AA-3' SEQ ID 5'GTGCCAACATAGTAAGCCAGTATACACTCCGTCATAAA NO: 10 AAATTTATTTGC-3' SEQ ID 5'TGGCCGGGGGACTGTTGGGCGCCATCTCCTTGATTCTC NO: 11 ACCAATAAAAAACG-3'

When the aamt1 gene was expressed in vectors having various promoters, acorrelation between the expression level of the aamt1 gene and theproduction of MANT was identified. In particular, the W3110 trpD9923strain, in which the aamt1 gene is expressed in the presence of the tacpromoter, showed the highest production of 297.3±0.7 mg/L of MANT, whichcorresponds to a 3.5-fold increase over the first strain in two-phaseflask culture (FIG. 6 in part b). The pSynT recombinant vector alsoexhibited high MANT production, but also exhibited increased ANTproduction. Thus, pTacT was used in subsequent experiments.

EXAMPLE 4 Re-Manipulation of Supply of Precursor ANT to Improve MANTProduction in E. Coli

4-1. Overexpression of Variants of Feedback-Resistant DHAP SyntheticGenes

The present invention focused on increasing the intracellular supply ofthe precursor ANT in order to further increase MANT production. ANT is ametabolite that appears as an intermediate in the L-tryptophan-producingmetabolic circuit in E. coli and other organisms. The mutant of thefeedback-resistant DAHP synthetic gene expressed by aroG^(fbr) promotesthe first step involved in the polymerization of E4P and PEP in theshikimate pathway (SHK pathway). The first strategy to increase thesupply of ANT is to overexpress the mutant of the feedback-resistantDAHP synthetic gene. PTrcG^(fbr) (strong trc promoter, medium copynumber) and pBBR1G^(fbr) (relatively weak lac promoter, low copy number)were constructed for ANT production and compared with two differentaroG^(fbr) gene expression levels.

The vector pTrcG^(fbr) was produced by amplifying pTyr-a (Na, D. et al.,Nat. Biotechnol. 31, 170-174, 2013) with SEQ ID NO: 12 and SEQ ID NO: 13and assembling the amplification product to pTrC99A amplified with SEQID NO: 14 and SEQ ID NO: 15 by Gibson assembly. pBBR1G^(fbr) wasproduced by amplifying pTyr-a with SEQ ID NO: 16 and SEQ ID NO: 17 andassembling the amplification product to pBBR1MCS amplified with SEQ IDNO: 18 and SEQ ID NO: 19 by Gibson assembly.

TABLE 5 SEQ ID NO: Base sequence SEQ ID 5'TCACACAGGAAACAGACCATATGAATTATCAGAACGACG NO: 12 ATTTAC-3' SEQ ID 5'GGGTACCGAGCTCGAATTCCTTACCCGCGACGCGCTTTT NO: 13 A-3' SEQ ID 5'TAAAAGCGCGTCGCGGGTAAGGAATTCGAGCTCGGTACC NO: 14 C-3' SEQ ID5'TCGTCGTTCTGATAATTCATATGGTCTGTTTCCTGTGTG NO: 15 A-3' SEQ ID 5'TTCACACAGGAAACAGCTATGAATTATCAGAACGACG-3' NO: 16 SEQ ID 5'AGCTTATCGATACCGTCGACTTACCCGCGACGCGCTTTT NO: 17 A-3' SEQ ID 5'TAAAAGCGCGTCGCGGGTAAGTCGACGGTATCGATAAGC NO: 18 T-3' SEQ ID 5'CGTCGTTCTGATAATTCATAGCTGTTTCCTGTGTGAA-3' NO: 19

The W3110 trpD9923 introduced with pBBR1G^(fbr) during flask cultureproduced 731.7±7.4 mg/L of ANT, which is 2.3 times higher than the W3110trpD9923 introduced with pTrcG^(fbr), and is 1.4 times higher than W3110trpD9923 not introduced with a vector.

4-2. Increase in Availability of E4P and PEP

Following overexpression of the aroG^(fbr) gene, the present inventionfocused on increasing the availability of E4P and PEP, two importantaromatic precursors for ANT production. In order to increase E4P,pBBR1G^(fbr)-A was constructed to overexpress the tktA gene. The VectorpBBR1G^(fbr)-A was produced by amplifying RBS-tktA from the E. coliW3110 genome using SEQ ID NO: 20 and SEQ ID NO: 21 and inserting anamplification product into a pBBR1Gfbr vector cleaved with BamHI byGiBson assembly. The W3110 trpD9923 introduced with pBBR1G^(fbr)-Aproduced 760.4±12.5 mg/L of ANT.

TABLE 6 SEQ ID NO: Base sequence SEQ ID5'CTTGATATCGAATTCCTGCAGCCCGGGGACAGGAAACAGACC NO: 20ATATGTCCTCACGTAAAGAG-3' SEQ ID5'ACCGCGGTGGCGGCCGCTCTAGAACTAGTGTTACAGCAGTTC NO: 21 TTTTGC-3'

Next, in order to increase the amount of PEP, four strains, that is,ZWA1 (ppsA overexpression using trc promoter), ZWA2 (pykA genedeletion), ZWA3 (pykF and pykA gene deletion), ZWA4 (ppsA geneoverexpression using trc promoter, pykF gene deletion), all of whichwere derived from W3110 trpD9923, were constructed.

Gene deletion and intrachromosomal promoter exchange of E. coli wereconducted by producing strains using a one-step homologousrecombination-mediated method (Datsenko & Wanner, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci.USA, 97, 6640-6645, 2000). The trc promoter to be used for ppsAoverexpression was amplified with pMtrc9 as a template using SEQ ID NO:22 and SEQ ID NO: 23 and was further amplified with SEQ ID NO: 24 andSEQ ID NO: 25. The gene pykF was amplified with SEQ ID NO: 26 and SEQ IDNO: 27 and further amplified with SEQ ID NO: 28 and SEQ ID NO: 29. Thegene pykA was amplified with SEQ ID NO: 30 and SEQ ID NO: 31 and wasfurther amplified with SEQ ID NO: 32 and SEQ ID NO: 33.

The ZWA1, ZWA2, ZWA3 and ZWA4 strains were produced from these amplifiedsequences in the same manner as presented in Datsenko & Wanner (Proc.Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 97, 6640-6645, 2000). However, the result of flaskculture of the four strains thus produced showed that there was nofurther improvement in the production of ANT (FIG. 7 in part a).

TABLE 7 SEQ ID NO: Base sequence SEQ ID5'GCATTTCATTTTTATGGTTTCGTTTATACCGATGGTTTA NO: 22TGTGGAAATTGCGCGTCATACACATACGATT-3' SEQ ID5'ATGCCGAGTTGGTTATACCAAAGCACCAGCGGTGACGAG NO: 23CCATTGTTGGACATGGTCTGTTTCCTGTGTG-3' SEQ ID5'-TTATGTCTGGTTTATAAAATGAACCTTCAATTTTATTT NO: 24TTTATGAAAACAGCATTTCATTTTTATGGT-3' SEQ ID5'-TCATTTCACCCAGGGAGGCATTTTTGCCCCCAACCCTGT NO: 25CTACATCATTCATGCCGAGTTGGTTATAC-3' SEQ ID 5'-GAAAGCAAGTTTCTCCCATCCTTCTCAACTTAAAGACTA NO: 26AGACTGTCATGTAGGTGACACTATAGAACGCG-3' SEQ ID 5'-GATATACAAATTAATTCACAAAAGCAATATTACAGGACG NO: 27TGAACAGATGCTAGTGGATCTGATGGGTACC-3' SEQ ID5'-AGGCACCACCACTTTCGTAATACCGGATTCGCTTTCCGG NO: 28CAGTGCGCCCAGAAAGCAAGTTTCTCCCATC-3' SEQ ID 5'-ATTGCTTCTGGTTATCGATTAAATAAAAAAAGCGCCCAT NO: 29CAGGGCGCTTCGATATACAAATTAATTCACA-3' SEQ ID5'-TTATTTCATTCGGATTTCATGTTCAAGCAACACCTGGTT NO: 30GTTTCAGTCAACGGAGTATTACATTAGGTGACACTATAGAAC GCG-3' SEQ ID5'-GTTGAACTATCATTGAACTGTAGGCCGGATGTGGCGTTT NO: 31TCGCCGCATCCGGCAACGTACTAGTGGATCTGATGGGTACC-3' SEQ ID5'-CCTAATCTTATACGACATCCGAATGAGATTAATTTATCG NO: 32CCATCGCGGCGTTATTTCATTCGGATTTC-3' SEQ ID5'-GGCCTTCGCCTGATGATAAGTTCAAGTTTGCTTCAGAAT NO: 33ATTCGAAATCTGTTGAACTATCATTGAAC-3'

In addition, pTacLE^(fbr), which overexpresses the aroL gene helpingimprove L-tryptophan production flow and the feedback-resistanttrpE^(fbr) gene, was constructed.

The vector pTacLE^(fbr) was produced by amplifying pTac-E (Du, et al.,J. Biotechnol. 267, 19-28, 2018) using SEQ ID NO: 34 and SEQ ID NO: 35and then assembling the amplification product to a pTac-AroL (Du, etal., J. Biotechnol. 267, 19-28, 2018) vector cleaved with PstI by Gibsonassembly.

TABLE 8 SEQ ID NO: Base sequence SEQ ID5′AGCGCCCTGGCACAGACGATCAATTGTTGACTGCATCACA NO: 34CAGGAAACAGACCATGCAAACACAAAAACCG -3′ SEQ ID5′TCATCCGCCAAAACAGCCAAGCTTGCATGCCTGCATCAGA NO: 35 AAGTCTCCTGTGC -3′

The ZWA4 strain introduced with pBBR1G^(fbr)-A and pTacLE^(fbr) produced820.5±30.3 mg/L of ANT, which is 8.7% higher than the amount produced bythe ZWA4 strain introduced with pBBR1G^(fbr)-A.

The vector pTacT optimized for MANT production was assembled toengineered strains with increased production of ANT mentioned above.First, plasmids pTacT and pTacLE^(fbr) were assembled with oneexpression vector LE^(fbr)-pTacT.

The vector LE^(fbr)-pTacT was produced by amplifyingtac-aroL-RBS-trpE^(fbr) from pTacLE^(fbr) using SEQ ID NO: 36 and SEQ IDNO: 37 and assembling the amplification product to the pTacT vectorcleaved with NheI by Gibson assembly.

TABLE 9 SEQ ID NO: Base sequence SEQ ID5′ATCAGTGCCAACATAGTAAGCCAGTATACACTCCGTGAGC NO: 36 TGTTGACAATTAATC -3′SEQ ID 5′CCGTGGCCGGGGGACTGTTGGGCGCCATCTCCTTGGCAAC NO: 37GTTCAAATCCGCTC -3′

Unexpectedly, the flask culture of ZWA4 introduced with pBBR1G^(fbr)-Aand LE^(fbr)-pTacT produced only 20.8±3.9 mg/L of MANT (FIG. 7 in partb). Thus, two recombinant strains, namely ZWA4 further introduced withpBBR1G^(fbr)-A and pTacT, and ZWA4 further introduced with pBBR1G^(fbr)and pTacT, were produced. As the result of the two-phase extractionflask culture, the former produced 392.0±1.7 mg/L of MANT and the latterproduced 363.5±0.8 mg/L of MANT (FIG. 7 in part b). Both strainsexhibited increased MANT production compared to the initial strain,W3110 trpD9923 introduced with pTacT.

EXAMPLE 5 Manipulation of Availability of Co-Substrate SAM to ImproveMANT Production

5-1. Manipulation of Availability of Co-Substrate SAM

In order to increase the production of MANT from the produced ANT, anattempt was made to improve the availability of SAM as a co-substrate.First, in order to increase the availability of SAM, the mutants ofhomoserine O-succinyltransferase expressed by the metA^(fbr) gene andthe L-serine O-acetyltransferase expressed by the cysE^(fbr) gene, whichare feedback-resistant were overexpressed, and the result was observed.

For this purpose, a pBBR1G^(fbr)A^(fbr)E^(fbr) vector was constructed.First, RBS-metA^(fbr) (encoding MetA^(R27C, I296S, P298L)) was amplifiedwith SEQ ID NO: 38 and SEQ ID NO: 39 and then inserted into vectorpBBR1G^(fbr) cleaved with HindIII and PstI to produce a vectorpBBR1G^(fbr)A^(fbr). Next, RBS-cysE^(fbr) (encoding CysE^(V95R),^(D96P))was amplified with SEQ ID NO: 40 and SEQ ID NO: 41 and inserted into thevector pBBR1G^(fbr)A^(fbr) cleaved with BamHI to produce a vectorpBBR1G^(fbr)A^(fbr)E^(fbr). In addition, RBS-metK was amplified from theE. coli W3110 genome with SEQ ID NO: 42 and SEQ ID NO: 43 and theninserted into the pTacT vector cleaved with SphI by Gibson assembly toproduce a pTacTK vector.

TABLE 10 SEQ ID NO: Base sequence SEQ ID5′AGACAGAAGCTTACAGGAAACAGCTATGCCGATTCGTGTG NO: 38 CCG -3′ SEQ ID5′AGACAGCTGCAGTTAATCCAGCGTTGGATTC -3′ NO: 39 SEQ ID 5′- NO: 40CACATGAATCCAACGCTGGATTAACTGCAGCCCGGGGACAGG AAACAGCTATGTCGTGTGAAGAACTG-3′SEQ ID 5′- NO: 41 AATTGGAGCTCCACCGCGGTGGCGGCCGCTCTAGAACTAGTGTTAGATCCCATCCCCATAC-3′ SEQ ID 5′- NO: 42AGGCGATTATCCATGTGTGACTGCAGGCATGACACAGGAAACAGACCATATGGCAAAACACCTTTTTACG-3′ SEQ ID 5′- NO: 43CTCTCATCCGCCAAAACAGCCAAGCTTGCATGTTACTTCAGA CGGCAG CCATC-3′

As a result, ZWA4 introduced with pBBR1G^(fbr)A^(fbr)E^(fbr) and pTacTproduced 388±6.0 mg/L of MANT and 346.3±3.3 mg/L of ANT (FIG. 8). TheZWA4 introduced with pBBR1G^(fbr)-A and pTacTK produced 424.8±5.0 mg/Lof MANT and 348.3±7.8 mg/L of ANT (FIG. 8). The ZWA4 introduced withpBBR1G^(fbr)A^(fbr)E^(fbr) and pTacTK produced smaller amounts of404.3±5.4 mg/L of MANT and 274.2±8.4 mg/L of ANT (FIG. 8).

In addition to the manipulation of SAM using the afore-mentioned genemanipulation, an attempt was made to improve SAM production throughadditional supplementation of L-methionine, a precursor of SAM. Allthree SAM engineered strains were recultured in a two-phase flasksupplemented with 20 mM of L-methionine. As a result, the ZWA4introduced with pBBR1G^(fbr)A^(fbr)E^(fbr) and pTacT produced 489.0±7.4mg/L of MANT, which corresponds to an increase of 25.9% compared withthe case of no addition of L-methionine (388.3 mg/L). In this case, theamount of ANT was 346.7±4.2 mg/L (FIG. 8). In addition, the ZWA4introduced with pBBR1G^(fbr)A^(fbr)E^(fbr) and pTacTK produced a similarlevel of MANT (486.8±4.8 mg/L), but a much smaller amount of ANT(258.9±7.6 mg/L) was observed (FIG. 8). Therefore, these two strainswere evaluated in a fed-batch fermentation environment.

EXAMPLE 6 Two-Phase Extraction Fed-Batch Fermentation for MANTProduction Using Manipulated E. Coli

6-1. Two-Phase Extraction Fed-Batch Fermentation Conditions

The fed-batch fermentation of the two engineered strains mentioned abovewas carried out using glucose minimal medium in a two-phase manner. ApH-stat feeding strategy was used for nutrient supply, (NH₄)₂SO₄ wasadded as an additional nitrogen source and 20 mM of L-methionine wasadded to increase the availability of SAM.

E. coli two-phase extraction fed-batch fermentation was conducted in a6.6 L fermenter (Bioflo 3000; New Brunswick Scientific Co., Edison,N.J.) containing 1.8 L MR medium supplemented with 20 g/L of glucose, 20mM MET, 3 g/L (NH₄)₂SO₄, 40 mg/L of L-TRP, and 10 mg/L of thiamine.First, strains inoculated in a LB medium in a 2 mL test tube werecultured at 37° C. for at least 12 hours. The preculture solution wasinoculated into two 250 mL flasks each containing 100 mL of the samemedium and incubated at 37° C. and 200 rpm for 10 hours. This preculturesolution (200 mL) was inoculated into the fermenter (startingOD₆₀₀˜0.3). In fed-batch fermentation, the pH was maintained at 7.0using ammonia water (28%, Junsei Chemical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan) andthe temperature was maintained at 37° C. in P-I-D(proportional-integral-derivative) mode. The aeration rate wasmaintained at 1 vvm, agitation was conducted at 200 to 1,000 rpm tomaintain the dissolved oxygen (DO) at 40%, and oxygen was injectedtogether when the agitation rate was higher than 1,000 rpm. IPTG wasadded when the OD₆₀₀ of the strains reached about 5, and 500 mL oftributyrin was added to the medium at a rate of 250 ml/h. For fed-batchfermentation, a pH-stat feeding strategy (Lee, S Y Trends Biotechnol.14, 98-105, 1996), wherein, when the pH was higher than 7.02, a feedsolution was added until the pH was lower than 7.02, was used. The feedsolution consisted of 700 g/L of glucose, 8 g/L of MgSO₄.7H₂O, 20 mM ofMET, 30 g/L of (NH₄)₂SO₄, 100 mg/L of L-TRP, 10 mg/L of thiamine, 5 ml/Lof a trace metal solution, and 1 mM IPTG. At 24 and 48 hours, 20 mL ofL-TRP (4 g/L) was added to the medium.

As a result, the ZWA4 introduced with pBBR1G^(fbr)A^(fbr)E^(fbr) andpTacTK produced 4.12 g/L of MANT and 3.74 g/L of ANT (FIG. 9 in part a).On the other hand, the ZWA4 introduced with pBBR1G^(fbr)A^(fbr)E^(fbr)and pTacT produced a higher amount of 4.47 g/L of MANT and a smalleramount of 2.26 g/L of ANT, and exhibited 0.045 g/g of glucose yield and0.062 g/L/h of productivity (FIG. 9 in part b). Almost all of theproduced MANT was extracted in the organic phase and most of the ANTremained as the aqueous phase because the pH was kept neutral during thetwo-phase fermentation, so the production of ANT during fed-batchfermentation could not be considered a by-product.

EXAMPLE 7 Selection of C. Glutamicum as Host for Food-Grade MANTProduction

After the production capacity of MANT by E. coli from glucose wasdemonstrated, food-grade MANT was produced using other industrial GRASmicroorganisms because MANT is mainly applied to the food and cosmeticindustries. The potential for producing MANT was investigated bycomparing the MANT toxicity between Pseudomonas putida KT2440(Gram-negative) and C. glutamicum ATCC 13032 (Gram-positive), which aretypical GRAS microorganisms. The results of toxicity tests showed thatboth strains had growth profiles having concentration-dependentinhibition. However, the P. Putida KT2440 strain was not capable ofgrowing in the presence of 1.0 g/L MANT (FIG. 10 in part a), whereas thegrowth of C. glutamicum was completely inhibited in the presence of MANTat a concentration of 2.0 g/L (FIG. 10 in part b). The results show thatC. glutamicum is more resistant to MANT than P. putida or E. coli.Therefore, C. glutamicum was selected as a host for food-grade MANTproduction (FIG. 1 in part b), and similar metabolic engineeringstrategies were applied to optimize MANT production of C. glutamicum(FIG. 2 in part b).

EXAMPLE 8 Strategies for Improving MANT Production in C. Glutamicum

8-1. Optimization of AAMT1 Expression Level to Improve MANT Production

In order to establish the MANT synthetic pathway, the AAMT1 expressionvectors of pEKT, pL10T, pI16T, pH36T, pL10HT, pI16HT and pH36HT wereconstructed and the expression levels thereof were optimized to expressthe aamt1^(opt-Cgl) gene in wild-type C. glutamicum ATCC 13032.

The pEKT vector was prepared by amplifying the aamt1^(opt) gene with SEQID NO: 44 and SEQ ID NO: 45, cleaving the amplified sequence with EcoRIand PstI, and inserting the resulting product into the pEKEx1 vectorcleaved with the same restriction enzyme. The pL10T, pI16T and pH36Tvectors were produced by amplifying the aamt1^(opt) gene with SEQ ID NO:46 and SEQ ID NO: 47, cleaving the amplified sequences with BamHI andNotI, and then inserting the resulting product into pCES-L10-M18,pCES-I16-M18 and pCES-H36-M18 vectors (Yim S S, et al., BiotechnolBioeng, 110:2959, 2013) cleaved with the same restriction enzyme. ThepL10HT, pI16HT and pH36HT vectors were produced by amplifying theaamt1^(opt) gene with SEQ ID NO: 48 and SEQ ID NO: 49, cleaving theamplified sequence with BamHI and NotI and inserting the resultingproduct into pCES-L10-M18, pCES-I16-M18 and pCES-H36-M18 vectors cleavedwith the same restriction enzyme.

TABLE 11 SEQ ID NO: Base sequence SEQ ID5′-AGACAGGAATTCATGCCGATGCGTATTGAG -3′ NO: 44 SEQ ID5′-AGACAGCTGCAGTCACACATGGATAATCGC -3′ NO: 45 SEQ ID5′-AGACAGGGATCCATGCCGATGCGTATTGAG-3′ NO: 46 SEQ ID5′-AGACAGGCGGCCGCTCACACATGGATAATCGC-3′ NO: 47 SEQ ID 5′- NO: 48AGACAGGGATCCATGCATCACCATCACCATCATCCGAT GCGTATTGAG-3′ SEQ ID5′-AGACAGGCGGCCGCTCACACATGGATAATCGC-3′ NO: 49

C. glutamicum strains introduced with the produced vectors were addedwith 0.8 g/L of ANT and flask-cultured in CGXII medium (40 g/L ofglucose, 20 g/L of (NH₄)₂SO₄, 5 g/L of urea, 1 g/L of KH₂PO₄, 1 g/L ofK₂HPO₄, 0.25 g/L of MgSO₄.7H₂O, 42 g/L of 3-morpholinopropanesulfonicacid (MOPS), 13 mg/L of CaCl₂.2H₂O, 10 mg/L of FeSO₄.7H₂O, 14 mg/L ofMnSO₄.5H₂O, 1 mg/L of ZnSO₄.7H₂O, 0.3 mg/L of CuSO₄.5H₂O, 0.02 mg/L ofNiCl₂.6H₂O, 0.5 mg/L of biotin, 30 mg/L of protocatechuic acid and 0.5mg/L of thiamine). The result showed that the C. glutamicum strainhaving the vector pH36HT produced the highest amount of 97.2±8.6 mg/L ofMANT (FIG. 11). The base strain did not produce any MANT at all.

8-2. Metabolic Engineering Strategies to Improve MANT Production

In order to improve ANT production capacity, competitive metaboliccircuits in ANT production were deleted. Here, genes encoding qsuB andqusD enzymes along with the trpD enzyme leading L-tryptophan productionwere deleted (FIG. 1 in part b). In order to delete the genes encodingthe trpD, qsuB and qusD enzymes, strains transformed with pTacCC1-HrTvector in C. glutamicum were first produced (Cho et al., MetabolicEngineering, 42: 157-167, 2017). Then, for the produced C. glutamicumstrain, i) pCG9ts-series each including sgRNA sequences of three typesof genes, and ii) ssODNs each binding to the three types of genes wereproduced to delete the genes for C. glutamicum.

8-3. Production of pCG9ts-Series Vectors Including sgRNA Guide Sequencesof Genes

First, the optimal guide sequence with a low off-target effect wasselected as follows using the online program CRISPy-web (Blin et al.,Synthetic and Systems Biotechnology, 1(2):118-121, 2016), which analyzesnonspecific targets of sgRNA guide sequences and provides the optimalsgRNA guide sequence (Table 12).

TABLE 12 sgRNA guide sequence using CRISPy-web Guide Target sequencegene sgRNA guide sequence SEQ ID NO: trpD CTGCTCACCGCGAGTACGGA 50SEQ ID NO: qsuB CTGGCCAAGACGGGTTATGA 51 SEQ ID NO: qsuDGCACTGATTACTACCCAAAT 52

DNA fragments that target the trpD gene and encode the sgRNA-T1/TEsequence (Korean Patent Application No. 2017-0042124; Cho et al.,Metabolic Engineering, 42: 157-167, 2017) were amplified using, as atemplate, the PUC19-sgRNA vector (Korean Patent Application No.2017-0042124; Cho et al., Metabolic Engineering, 42: 157-167, 2017, SEQID NO: 55) and using the primers of SEQ ID NOS: 53 and 56, in order toproduce pCG9ts-series vectors including the sgRNA guide sequences (SEQID NOS: 50 to 52). The amplified DNA fragments were further amplifiedonce again by PCR using the primers of SEQ ID NOS: 54 and 55. After thepEKts-Cas9 vector (Korean Patent Application No. 2017-0042124; Cho etal., Metabolic Engineering, 42: 157-167, 2017, SEQ ID NO: 66) wastreated with the enzyme of StuI, and pCG9ts-trpD vector expressing sgRNAtargeting the trpD gene along with Cas9 protein was finally produced byGibson assembly using the amplified fragment. Then, fragments targetinggenes encoding a total of three random enzymes were produced in the samemanner (SEQ ID NOS: 53, 54 and 55 are the same, and PCR was conducted inthe order of SEQ ID NOS: 56 to 58 on each gene) to produce pCG9ts-trpD,pCG9ts-qsuB and pCG9ts-qsuD vectors.

TABLE 13 Primers for amplifying sgRNA-T1/TE fragments SEQ ID NO:Base sequence SEQ ID TATAGATATCCCGCGGTATATTAATTAATATAAACGCAGAAA NO: 53GGCCC SEQ ID TGGATGATGGGGCGATTCAGGtatagatatcTTGACAATTAA NO: 54 TCTCATCGGSEQ ID AAGGTGTTGCTGACTCATACCAGGTATAGATATCCCGCGGTA NO: 55 TA

TABLE 14 Primers for producing pCG9ts-series vectors SEQ ID NO: GeneBase sequence SEQ ID trpD ttgacaattaatcatcggctcgtataatgtgtggCT NO: 56GCTCACCGCGAGTACGGAgttttagagctagaaata gcaagt SEQ ID qsuBttgacaattaatcatcggctcgtataatgtgtggCT NO: 57GGCCAAGACGGGTTATGAgttttagagctagaaata gcaagt SEQ ID qsuDttgacaattaatcatcggctcgtataatgtgtggCC NO: 58TCGCGCAGGGACGTGCGAgttttagagctagaaata gcaagt

8-4. Production of ssODN Each Binding to Gene

The ssODN for deleting target genes was selected such that the positionwhere the sgRNA guide sequence binds was located in the section betweenthe two binding sequences of ssODN, and the length thereof was designedto be 80 nucleotides in total (Table 15). In this case, the ssODNconsists of a 5′-homology arm and a 3′-homology arm, and each homologyarm had 40 base pairs and was designed such that the ssODN could bind toboth ends of the target gene region including a sequence complementaryto the sgRNA guide sequence. When ssODN bound to the target, a loopstructure was formed and this region was deleted. The length of thedeletion region was designed to have 100 base pairs so that deletion ofthe target gene could be easily identified through PCR.

TABLE 15 ssODN sequence binding to gene SEQ ID Target NO: geneBase sequence SEQ ID trpD TGTGTCGAACAGCTTCTCGCGAACTAATAAAAAAAG NO: 59GATTTGATAGGTTTGCTAGATTCCGCTGGTACTGGT GGCGACGGTGCCAACA SEQ ID qsuBTCAGTTAGCGGATGCGCCGAAGCTGAGCATGGACAT NO: 60TTTGCTTTGGAGATCTTCAACGATTCCTTCCGCAAG GCCGAGGT SEQ ID qsuDCTGGCAAATCTCAAAAAGTAGAAAGCCCAAAAATAT NO: 61GAACACAGGCGCATCGACACGCTTGGGTCGCGTGCT TCCGGGCA

8-5. Production of C. Glutamicum with Improved ANT Production Capacity

The PCG9ts-trpD vector and ssODN produced for deletion of the gene fromthe genome were transformed into wild-type Corynebacterium glutamicum(ATCC 13032). Then, the pTacCC1-HrT vector (Korean Patent ApplicationNo. 2017-0042124; Cho et al., Metabolic Engineering, 42: 157-167, 201,SEQ ID NO: 57) and the pCG9ts-trpD vector were removed from thetransformed mutant C. glutamicum by curing on the 37° C. BHI plate. Thisstep was sequentially performed using pCG9ts-qsuB and pCG9ts-qsuD toproduce trpD-deleted YTM1 strains, and trpD, qsuB and qsuD-deleted YTM2strains.

8-6. Production of C. Glutamicum with Improved MANT Production Capacity

The codon-optimized aamt1^(opt-cgl) gene in C. glutamicum was amplifiedwith SEQ ID NO: 62 and SEQ ID NO: 63, and the amplified sequence wascleaved with BamHI and NotI and then inserted into the pCES-H36-M18vector cleaved with the same restriction enzyme to produce a pH36HTcvector. The previously produced pH36HT vector and the newly producedpH36HTc vector were separately inserted into the YTM1 strain and werecompared by flask culture. The result showed that the YTM1 strain havingthe vector pH36HTc exhibited higher MANT productivity of 117.1±2.0 mg/L.Further, introduction of the pH36HTc vector into the YTM2 strainexhibited improved MANT productivity of 130.4±0.8 mg/L (FIG. 12).

TABLE 16 SEQ ID NO: Base sequence SEQ ID5′AGACAGGGATCCATGCATCACCATCACCATCATCCTATGC NO: 62 GTATCGAACG -3′ SEQ ID5′AGACAGGCGGCCGCTCAGACGTGGATGATAGC -3′ NO: 63

EXAMPLE 9 Re-Manipulation of Supply of Precursor ANT to Improve MANTProduction in C. Glutamicum

9-1. Metabolic Pathways Involved in ANT Overproduction in C. Glutamicum

Metabolic engineering approaches were used to improve the production ofANT, the precursor of MANT, in C. glutamicum. ANT production has beenreported in E. coli and P. putida, but ANT production has not beenreported in C. glutamicum. Various genes needed to be manipulated toproduce ANT. aroG, aroB and aroK are known as genes involved in theshikimate pathway, and pgi, zwf, tkt, opcA, pgl and tal are reported tobe involved in the metabolic flow of the pentose phosphate pathway.Vectors were produced as follows to manipulate the genes.

9-2. Vector for Production of C. Glutamicum Capable of Overproducing ANT

The genes were manipulated by previously reported methods (Park, S. H.et al., Nat. Commun 5, 4618, 2018). In order to convert an aroK promoterinto a sod promoter (SEQ ID NO: 64), the sod promoter was firstamplified from the C. glutamicum ATCC13032 genome with SEQ ID NO: 65 andSEQ ID NO: 66. In addition, the upstream (left arm), the homologous arm,was amplified from the C. glutamicum ATCC13032 genome with SEQ ID NO: 67and SEQ ID NO: 68, and the downstream (right arm) was amplified from theC. glutamicum ATCC13032 genome with SEQ ID NO: 69 and SEQ ID NO: 70.These three amplified sequences were subjected to overlapping PCR withSEQ ID NO: 67 and SEQ ID NO: 70 and inserted by Gibson assembly intopK19mob-sacB cleaved with BamHI and PstI to produce the final vectorpK19-msb-aroK.

Sod promoter <SEQ ID NO: 64>aaccctacttagctgccaattattccgggcttgtgacccgctacccgataaataggtcggctgaaaaatttcgttgcaatatcaacaaaaaggcctatcattgggaggtgtcgcaccaagtacttttgcgaagcgccatctgacggattttcaaaagatgtatatgctcggtgcggaaacctacgaaaggat tttttaccc

In order to convert an aroB promoter into a sod promoter (SEQ ID NO:64), the sod promoter was first amplified from the C. glutamicumATCC13032 genome with SEQ ID NO: 65 and SEQ ID NO: 66 in the same manneras described above. In addition, the upstream (left arm), the homologousarm, was amplified from the C. glutamicum ATCC13032 genome with SEQ IDNO: 71 and SEQ ID NO: 72, and the downstream (right arm) was amplifiedfrom the C. glutamicum ATCC13032 genome with SEQ ID NO: 73 and SEQ IDNO: 74. These three amplified sequences were subjected to overlappingPCR with SEQ ID NO: 71 and SEQ ID NO: 74 and inserted by Gibson assemblyinto pK19mob-sacB cleaved with BamHI and PstI to produce the finalvector pK19-msb-aroB.

TABLE 17 SEQ ID NO: Base sequence SEQ ID 5′-AACCCTACTTAGCTGCCAAT-3′NO: 65 SEQ ID 5′- GGGTAAAAAATCCTTTCGTAGG-3′ NO: 66 SEQ ID5′- CCAAGCTTGCATGCCTGCAGTTTGGGCTCACACATTT NO: 67 CTG-3′ SEQ ID5′- ATTGGCAGCTAAGTAGGGTTCCTCTAAACCTTCGAAT NO: 68 TTC-3′ SEQ ID5′- TACGAAAGGATTTTTTACCCATGGAGCGTAATGAAGT NO: 69 GAA-3′ SEQ ID5′- AGCTCGGTACCCGGGGATCCTAGGTTGCCACCTCTTC NO: 70 GTA-3′ SEQ ID5′- CCAAGCTTGCATGCCTGCAGAACACTGAACTCGTCGA NO: 71 CTCCG-3′ SEQ ID5′- ATTGGCAGCTAAGTAGGGTTGGGGCACGTTGCCTTTC NO: 72 GCT-3′ SEQ ID5′- TACGAAAGGATTTTTTACCCATGAGCGCAGTGCAGAT NO: 73 TTT-3′ SEQ ID5′- AGCTCGGTACCCGGGGATCCAATACTGCGTCAGGCTC NO: 74 GTG-3′

9-3. Vector for Production of C. Glutamicum Capable of Overproducing ANT

In order to convert aroK and aroB into potent sod promoters, a YTM3strain was produced by sequential insertion of pK19-msb-aroK andpK19-msb-aroB into the YTM2 strain by the previously reported method(Park, S. H. et al., Nat. Commun. 5, 4618, 2018). In addition, thepreviously reported vectors pSY04 and pSY05 (Kim, et al., Biotechnol.Bioeng. 112, 416-421, 2015) were inserted into the YTM3 strain toconvert the first codon of the pgi gene from ATG to GTG and convert thefirst codon of the zwf gene from GTG to ATG to thereby produce a YTM4strain. Finally, the vector pSY06 (Kim, et al., Biotechnol. Bioeng. 112,416-421, 2015) was inserted into the YTM4 strain to convert the existingtkt promoter into a potent sod promoter and thereby to produce a YTM5strain.

9-4. Overexpression of Feedback-Resistant DHAP Synthesis Gene in MutantC. Glutamicum

As shown in Example 4-1, the mutant of the feedback-resistant DAHPsynthesis gene expressed by aroG^(fbr) promotes the first step involvedin the polymerization of E4P and PEP in the shikimate pathway (SHKpathway). In order to overexpress the variant of the feedback-resistantDAHP synthesis gene, a pEKG vector overexpressing aroG^(S180F), that is,a feedback-resistant aroG, was produced. aroG^(S180F) was produced in E.coli W3110 by an overlapping PCR method. aroG^(S180F) was amplified withSEQ ID NO: 75 and SEQ ID NO: 76 and inserted into pEKEx1 vector cut withEcoRI and BamHI to produce a pEKG vector.

TABLE 18 SEQ ID NO: Base sequence SEQ ID5′-AGACAGGAATTCATGAATTATCAGAACGACG-3′ NO: 75 SEQ ID5′-AGACAGGGATCCTTACCCGCGACGCGCTTT-3′ NO: 76

9-5. Production of pSH36HTc Vector

Both the pH36HTc and pEKG vectors produced before have kanamycinmarkers. Therefore, pSH36HTc was produced by converting the marker ofpH36HTc into spectinomycin. For this purpose, the aamt1^(opt-Cgl)sequence was amplified from pH36HTc using SEQ ID NO: 77 and SEQ ID NO:78 and inserted into the pCES208S vector cleaved with BamHI and NotI.

TABLE 19 SEQ ID NO: Base sequence SEQ ID 5′- NO: 77AGACAGGGATCCATGCATCACCATCACCATCATCCTATGC GTATCGAACG -3′ SEQ ID5′- AGACAGGCGGCCGCTCAGACGTGGATGATAGC -3′ NO: 78

9-6. Flask Culture of C. Glutamicum

The newly produced pEKG vector was inserted into the previously producedYTM2, YTM3, YTM4 and YTM5 strains and ANT production was first observed.The result showed that ANT production was more effective through pEKGinsertion than through genome manipulation (FIG. 13 in part a).Therefore, in the case of MANT, the introduction of pEKG and pSH36HTcoverexpressing aroG^(S180F) into the YTM2 strain resulted in higher MANTproductivity of 251.2±2.5 mg/L, and 2-phase extraction flask cultureresulted in higher MANT productivity of 364.1±5.4 mg/L (FIG. 13 in partb).

EXAMPLE 10 Manipulation of Availability of Co-Substrate SAM to ImproveProduction in C. Glutamicum

10-1. MetK Overexpression to Improve Production of Co-Substrate SAM

First, metK was overexpressed to over-produce SAM as a co-substrate inC. glutamicum.

First, metK^(G1A) was amplified from the C. glutamicum ATCC13032 genomeusing SEQ ID NO: 79 and SEQ ID NO: 80, and was inserted into a pTac15Kvector cut with EcoRI and PstI to produce a pTac-metK (Cgl) vector.Then, the tac-metK^(G1A)-terminator cassette was amplified with SEQ IDNO: 81 and SEQ ID NO: 82 and inserted into a pEKG vector cut with DraIto produce a pEKGK vector.

TABLE 20 SEQ ID NO: Base sequence SEQ ID5′-AGACAGGAATTCATGGCTCAGCCAACCGCCGTC-3′ NO: 79 SEQ ID5′-AGACAGCTGCAGTTAGGCCAACTTGAGGGCTG-3′ NO: 80 SEQ ID 5′- NO: 81GTTTTCGCCCCGAAGAACGTTTTCCAATGATGAGCACTT TTGAGCTGTTGACAATTAATC -3′ SEQ ID5′- NO: 82 CGTCAACACGGGATAATACCGCGCCACATAGCAGAACTTTTTAGGCCAACTTGAGGGC -3′

The pEKGK vector and the previously produced pSH36HTc vector wereinserted into the YTM2 strain and the production of MANT was thenobserved. As a result, the production of MANT through two-phase flaskculture could be further improved to 377.0±16.2 mg/L (FIG. 14).

10-2. Production of Vector for Deletion of Transcription Regulator toImprove Production of Co-Substrate SAM

The following vectors were produced to delete the mcbR and Ncgl2640genes known to be involved in MET biosynthesis.

For the mcbR deletion, the upstream (left arm), a homologous arm, wasamplified from the C. glutamicum ATCC13032 genome with SEQ ID NO: 83 andSEQ ID NO: 84, and the downstream (right arm) was amplified from the C.glutamicum ATCC13032 genome with SEQ ID NOs: 85 and SEQ ID NO: 86. Inaddition, these two amplified sequences were subjected to overlappingPCR with SEQ ID NO: 83 and SEQ ID NO: 86 and were assembled topK19mob-sacB cleaved with BamHI and PstI by Gibson assembly to producethe final vector pK19-msb-mcbR.

For Ncgl2640 deletion, the upstream (left arm), a homologous arm, wasamplified from the C. glutamicum ATCC13032 genome with SEQ ID NO: 87 andSEQ ID NO: 88, and the downstream (right arm) was amplified from the C.glutamicum ATCC13032 genome with SEQ ID NO: 89 and SEQ ID NO: 90. Thesetwo amplified sequences were subjected to overlapping PCR with SEQ IDNO: 83 and SEQ ID NO: 86 and were assembled to pK19mob-sacB cleaved withBamHI and PstI by Gibson assembly to produce the final vectorpK19-msb-Ncgl2640.

In addition, the following vector was produced to further delete themetB gene encoding cystathionine-γ in L-isoleucine biosynthesis, whichis involved in the competitive circuit.

For metB deletion, the upstream (left arm), a homologous arm, wasamplified from the C. glutamicum ATCC13032 genome with SEQ ID NO: 91 andSEQ ID NO: 92, and the downstream (right arm) was amplified from the C.glutamicum ATCC13032 genome with SEQ ID NO: 93 and SEQ ID NO: 94. Inaddition, these two amplified sequences were subjected to overlappingPCR with SEQ ID NO: 91 and SEQ ID NO: 92 and were assembled topK19mob-sacB cleaved with BamHI and PstI by Gibson assembly to producethe final vector pK19-msb-metB.

TABLE 21 SEQ ID NO: Base sequence SEQ ID5′- CCAAGCTTGCATGCCTGCAGCGCAAATACCCAC NO: 83 TTACCGA-3′ SEQ ID5′- AAGAGTAAAAGCTGTTGGTGTTCCTTGATG-3′ NO: 84 SEQ ID5′- CACCAACAGCTTTTACTCTTGCCTGAAGCG-3′ NO: 85 SEQ ID5′- AGCTCGGTACCCGGGGATCCCACCGAAAGAAAA NO: 86 GGAGAAC-3′ SEQ ID5′- CCAAGCTTGCATGCCTGCAGTTCTTTCGGAAGA NO: 87 AGAATCC-3′ SEQ ID5′- GATGTTGATTCTTGAACTTGTGTTGGAAAT-3′ NO: 88 SEQ ID5′- CAAGTTCAAGAATCAACATCTGGTTTCCCC-3′ NO: 89 SEQ ID5′- AGCTCGGTACCCGGGGATCCAGGCAAAGATGCC NO: 90 CTCGTTT-3′ SEQ ID5′- CCAAGCTTGCATGCCTGCAGAGGTTATTGAGGG NO: 91 CCTGCTC-3′ SEQ ID5′- ATTCACGCTGAACGACCAGGAAATGGACGA-3′ NO: 92 SEQ ID5′- CCTGGTCGTTCAGCGTGAATCGATGCAGTG-3′ NO: 93 SEQ ID5′- AGCTCGGTACCCGGGGATCCAAAAAGCCCGCAC NO: 94 CCTGATT-3′

pK19-msb-mcbR and pK19-msb-Ncgl2640 were sequentially inserted into theYTM2 strain, and the mcbR and Ncgl2640 genes were deleted by thereported method (Park, S. H. et al., Nat. Commun. 5, 4618, 2018) toproduce a YTM6 strain. In addition, pK19-msb-metB was inserted into theYTM6 strain and the metB gene was deleted therefrom in the same manneras above to produce a YTM7 strain.

10-3. MANT Productivity of Transcription Regulator-Deleted Strain toImprove Production of Co-Substrate SAM

The PSH36HTc and pEKG vectors were inserted into the produced YTM6 andYTM7 strains, respectively, and MANT productivity was observed throughtwo-phase extraction flask culture. As a result, these two strainsexhibited severely inhibited cell growth, more particularly, YTM6 havingpSH36HTc and pEKG vectors exhibited MANT productivity of 80.0±4.2 mg/L,and YTM7 having pSH36HTc and pEKG vectors exhibited MANT productivity of72.3±5.5 mg/L (FIG. 14).

10-4. Addition of MET to Improve Production of Co-Substrate SAM

It had been observed before that the addition of MET, the precursor ofSAM, had a positive effect on the production of MANT in E. coli. Thus,10 mM of MET was added to the C. glutamicum YTM2 strain having thevectors pSH36HTc and pEKG that produced the highest amounts of MANT, andtwo-phase extraction flask culture was conducted. Unfortunately, theresult showed a MANT productivity of 326.8±3.9 mg/L, which was lowerthan when there was no addition of MET (FIG. 14).

10-5. Improvement of SAM Recycling Pathways to Improve Production ofCo-Substrate SAM

The strategy to recycle S-ribosyl-l-homocysteine (SAH), obtained as areaction product of the SAM reaction, to the SAM biosynthesis pathwaywas established (FIG. 1 in part b). First, in order to amplify sahHencoding SAH hydrolase, a vector was prepared as follows. The sahH genewas amplified from the C. glutamicum ATCC13032 genome with SEQ ID NO: 95and SEQ ID NO: 96 and inserted into the pEKG vector cleaved with PstI toproduce a pEKGH vector.

The pSH36HTc and pEKGH vectors were inserted into YTM2 strain, two-phaseflask culture was conducted, and MANT productivity was observed. Theresult showed that a high MANT productivity of 596.9±16.7 mg/L wasobtained.

TABLE 22 SEQ ID NO: Base sequence SEQ ID5′-AAAGCGCGTCGCGGGTAAGGATCCGTCGACCTGCAAG NO: 95AAGGAGATATACCATGGCACAGGTTATGGAC-3′ SEQ ID5′-TCTCTCATCCGCCAAAACAGCCAAGCTTGGCTGCATT NO: 96 AGTAGCGGTAGTGCTC-3′

EXAMPLE 11 Fed-Batch Fermentation Using C. Glutamicum

11-1. Production of MANT in C. Glutamicum Through Single-Phase Fed-BatchFermentation

First, the MANT productivity of YTM2 introduced with pSH36HTc and pEKGHvectors was observed using single-phase fed-batch fermentation. Thefed-batch fermentation was conducted as follows.

Stock cells stored in a deep freezer at −80° C. were melted, was spreadin BHIS plate medium (containing 37 g/L of brain heart infusion (BHI),91 g/L of sorbitol 15 g/L of agar) supplemented with kanamycin andspectinomycin and incubated for 48 hours at 30° C. Then, a fresh colonywas inoculated in 5 mL of BHIS medium (containing 37 g/L of brain heartinfusion (BHI) and 91 g/L of sorbitol) in a 50 mL Falcon tube andincubated at 30° C. for 16 to 24 hours. 1 mL of the preculture solutionwas inoculated in 50 mL of CGXII medium (containing 20 g/L of (NH₄)₂SO₄,5 g/L of urea, 1 g/L of KH₂PO₄, 1 g/L of K₂HPO₄, 0.25 g/L of MgSO₄.7H₂O,42 g/L of 3-morpholinopropanesulfonic acid (MOPS), 13 mg/L ofCaCl₂.2H₂O, 10 mg/L of FeSO₄.7H₂O, 14 mg/L of MnSO₄.5H₂O, 1 mg/L ofZnSO₄.7H₂O, 0.3 mg/L of CuSO₄.5H₂O, 0.02 mg/L of NiCl₂.6H₂O, 0.5 mg/L ofbiotin, 30 mg/L of protocatechuic acid and 0.5 mg/L of thiamine) in eachof four 250 mL baffle flasks (fermenter seed) and then cultured in a 200rpm shaking incubator at 30° C. for 24 hours. At this time, the initialglycerol concentration in the CGXII medium was set to 40 g/L, 10 g/L ofa yeast extract was added thereto, and MOPS was excluded. Next, a totalof 200 mL of the preculture solution was inoculated in 1.8 L of a CGXIIfermentation medium (total volume 6 L fermenter) (startingOD₆₀₀=5.0-6.0), starting glucose was added in an amount of 80 g/L,L-tryptophan was added in an amount of 10 mg/L, and the MOPS wasexcluded. In addition, MgSO₄-7H₂O, biotin, thiamine, protocatechuicacid, kanamycin and spectinomycin were separately produced by filteringand then added. In addition, treatment with 1 mM of IPTG was performedwhen OD₆₀₀>=40 after at least 13 hours.

In fed-batch fermentation, the pH was maintained at 7.0 using ammoniawater (28%, Junsei Chemical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan), and temperatureand agitation were maintained at 30° C. and 600 rpm, respectively, in aP-I-D mode (proportional-integral-derivative). Oxygen was injected alongwith air to maintain dissolved oxygen at 30%. The aeration rate wasmaintained at 1 vvm and foam that formed during culture was removed bytreatment with antifoam 204 (Sigma-Aldrich). The feeding solution hasthe same composition as CGXII except 700 g/L of glucose and urea, MOPS,K₂HPO₄ and KH₂PO₄, and 150 mL of this was added when the residualglucose concentration was decreased to 10 g/L. The result of cultureshowed that 1.70 g/L of MANT production and 14.11 g/L of ANT productionoccurred (FIG. 15).

11-2. MANT Production in C. Glutamicum Through Two-Phase ExtractionFed-Batch Fermentation

MANT production was observed through two-phase fed batch fermentationusing the same strain as in Example 11-1. The two-phase fed-batchfermentation was carried out under the same fermentation conditions asin Example 11-1, except that, during treatment with IPTG, 500 mL oftributyrin was added to the medium at a rate of 0.83 ml/min. As aresult, MANT production of 4.01 g/L and ANT production of 1.96 g/L wereobtained (FIG. 16). 10.06 g/L of succinic acid was also produced.

11-3. Production of MANT in C. Glutamicum Through Two-Phase ExtractionFed-Batch Fermentation with Increased Dissolved Oxygen

10.06 g/L of succinic acid was also produced in Example 11-2. The reasonfor this was considered that an emulsion-like environment formed in thetwo-phase culture prevented the oxygen from being transferred to thecells. In order to solve this problem, fermentation conditions werechanged as follows. Dissolved oxygen was increased from 30% to 50%. Forthis purpose, the agitation rate was increased up to 1,000 rpm from 600rpm during fermentation. The remaining fermentation conditions were thesame as in Example 11-2. As a result, 5.25 g/L of MANT was produced at100 hours (FIG. 17).

11-4. MANT Production in C. Glutamicum Through Two-Phase ExtractionFed-Batch Fermentation of hdpA-Deficient Strain

As a result of the fermentation in Example 11-3, glycerol was alsoproduced. In order to reduce this, the hdpA gene encoding the mainenzyme of the glycerol biosynthetic pathway was deleted.

For hdpA deletion, the upstream (left arm), the homologous arm, wasamplified from the C. glutamicum ATCC13032 genome with SEQ ID NO: 97 andSEQ ID NO: 98, and the downstream (right arm) was amplified from the C.glutamicum ATCC13032 genome with SEQ ID NO: 99 and SEQ ID NO: 100. Inaddition, these two amplified sequences were subjected to overlappingPCR with SEQ ID NO: 97 and SEQ ID NO: 100 and were assembled topK19mob-sacB cleaved with BamHI and PstI by Gibson assembly to producethe final vector pK19-msb-hdpA.

TABLE 23 SEQ ID NO: Base sequence SEQ ID5′-CCAAGCTTGCATGCCTGCAGGTACGGTTTTTGCTAAA NO: 97 TGC-3′ SEQ ID5′-CTACAGAATAAACACCATTGTCCCTGTTTT-3′ NO: 98 SEQ ID5′-CAATGGTGTTTATTCTGTAGGTCATGGCAT-3′ NO: 99 SEQ ID5′-AGCTCGGTACCCGGGGATCCTGTCGGAGATGAGTCCG NO: 100 ATT-3′

pK19-msb-hdpA was inserted into the YTM2 strain and the hdpA gene wasdeleted therefrom by the reported method (Park, S. H. et al., Nat.Commun 5, 4618, 2018) to produce a YTM8 strain. The PSH36HTc and pEKGHvectors were inserted into the YTM8 strain, and MANT was produced underthe same fermentation conditions as in Example 11-3. The result showedthat MANT productivity of a high concentration of 5.74 g/L was obtainedand that ANT was also produced at 7.89 g/L (FIG. 18)

EXAMPLE 12 C. Glutamicum Fed-Batch Fermentation for ANT Production

12-1. Co-Production Through Two-Phase Extraction Fed-Batch Fermentation

Many efforts have been made through bio-processes to produce ANT, whichis an industrially useful chemical. In the present invention, whentwo-phase extraction fed-batch fermentation was performed at a neutralpH, all MANT was extracted with tributyrin and almost all ANT wasextracted from an aqueous phase (96.9% for E. coli and 98.4% for C.glutamicum). Therefore, MANT and ANT can be co-produced using thetwo-phase extraction process of the present invention.

12-2. Production of Only ANT Through Single-Phase Fed-Fermentation

Meanwhile, in order to determine ANT production capacity alone, ANTproduction was observed through fed-batch fermentation using theANT-overproducing strain (i.e., C. glutamicum YTM5 strain having PEKG)developed in the present invention. The fermentation conditions were thesame as above except for the antibiotic spectinomycin in the medium ofExample 11-1. As a result, ANT was produced at a high concentration of26.4 g/L at 84 hours. This reports not only the first production of ANTin C. glutamicum, but also higher ANT productivity than that of ANTobtained from all microbial hosts to date.

EXAMPLE 13 Additional Sequence Information

13-1. ammt1

Zea mays ammt1 original gene sequence <SEQ ID NO: 1>atgccgatgagaatcgagcgtgatctccacatggccatagggaacggagaaactagctacacaaaaaattctaggattcaagagaaagctatgtttcagatgaagtcggtccttgaggaggccactagagcagtatgcacaactctcctcccacaaaccatggttgtggccgacttaggctgctcatcagggcctaacacactgcgcttcgtcactgaggtgactagaatcatagctcaccattgcaagctggagcacaaccgacgacatgaccacctgccgcagcttcagttctttctgaatgacctgcctggtaacgacttcaacaatctcttccagctcatcgagcagttcaataagtcatcgacgacacacaagggagatgcagcaactgaggcactacagcctccttgctatatctccggattgccgggctcctactacactaggatcttccctagcgaaagcgttcatcttttccactctctgttctgccttcagtggcgctctcaggcaccagagcaactgaagggcacccaaaaatcatgcctagatatctacatcacaaagactatgtcaccatcgatggtgaagttgtttcaacagcagtttcagaaggacttctccctcttcctcaggctacgctatgaggaactcgtgtctggtggccaaatggttctaacatttattggaaggaagcatgaggatgtgttcactggagagtccaaccatctttacggattgcttgcgcagtcactgaaatccctagttgatgagggtcttgtggagaaagaaaaacttgagtcattctatcttccgatctactcaccgtcggttggtgaagtggaggcgatagtgaagcaacttgggttgttcaacatgaatcatgttaaagtatttgagataaattgggatccctacgatgactcagaaggtgatgatgtgcataacagtattgagagtggtgaaaatgttgctaagtgcctacgcgcagttatggagccgctggtcgcaagccaatttggagaacgcatactcgacgagttattcaaagagtacgctcgccgtgttgccaaacaccttgagaatgagaaaaccaagcatgctgttcttgtcctatccatcgagaaagcaataattcatgtgtgaZea mays AMMT1 original amino acid sequence <SEQ ID NO: 101>MPMRIERDLHMAIGNGETSYTKNSRIQEKAMFQMKSVLEEATRAVCTTLLPQTMVVADLGCSSGPNTLRFVTEVTRIIAHHCKLEHNRRHDHLPQLQFFLNDLPGNDFNNLFQLIEQFNKSSTTHKGDAATEALQPPCYISGLPGSYYTRIFPSESVHLFHSLFCLQWRSQAPEQLKGTQKSCLDIYITKTMSPSMVKLFQQQFQKDFSLFLRLRYEELVSGGQMVLTFIGRKHEDVFTGESNHLYGLLAQSLKSLVDEGLVEKEKLESFYLPIYSPSVGEVEAIVKQLGLFNMNHVKVFEINWDPYDDSEGDDVHNSIESGENVAKCLRAVMEPLVASQFGERILDELFKEYARRVAKHLENEKTKHAVLVLSIEKAIIHVE. coli codon-optimized sequence of Zea mays derived aamt1 gene<SEQ ID NO: 102> atgccgatgcgtattgagcgcgacctgcacatggcgatcggtaatggcgagaccagctacaccaagaacagccgtatccaagaaaaagcgatgttccagatgaaaagcgtgctggaggaagcgacccgtgcggtttgcaccaccctgctgccgcaaaccatggttgttgcggacctgggttgcagcagcggtccgaacaccctgcgttttgtgaccgaggttacccgtatcattgcgcaccactgcaagctggaacacaaccgtcgtcacgatcacctgccgcaactgcaattctttctgaacgacctgccgggtaacgatttcaacaacctgtttcaactgatcgagcagttcaacaagagcagcaccacccataaaggtgatgcggcgaccgaagcgctgcaaccgccgtgctacatcagcggtctgccgggtagctactatacccgtatttttccgagcgagagcgtgcacctgttccacagcctgttttgcctgcaatggcgtagccaggcgccggaacaactgaagggtacccagaagagctgcctggacatctacattaccaagaccatgagcccgagcatggttaaactgttccagcaacagtttcagaaggatttcagcctgtttctgcgtctgcgttatgaggaactggtgagcggtggccaaatggttctgaccttcattggtcgtaaacacgaggacgtgtttaccggtgaaagcaaccacctgtatggcctgctggcgcagagcctgaagagcctggtggatgagggcctggttgagaaggaaaaactggaaagcttctacctgccgatctatagcccgagcgtgggtgaggttgaagcgattgttaaacaactgggcctgttcaacatgaaccacgtgaaggtttttgagatcaactgggacccgtacgacgatagcgaaggtgacgatgtgcacaacagcattgagagcggcgaaaacgttgcgaaatgcctgcgtgcggtgatggagccgctggttgcgagccagttcggcgaacgtatcctggatgagctgtttaaagaatatgcgcgtcgtgtggcgaagcacctggagaacgaaaagaccaaacacgcggttctggttctgagcattgaaaaggcgattatccatgtgtgaE. coli codon-optimized sequence of Zea mays derived aamt1 gene<SEQ ID NO: 103> atgcctatgcgtatcgaacgtgacctccacatggctatcggtaacggcgaaacctcttacaccaaaaactctcgtattcaggaaaaagccatgttccagatgaagtccgttctggaagaggccacccgcgcagtgtgcaccaccctgctgccacagaccatggttgttgctgatctgggctgctcctccggtccaaacaccctgcgcttcgtcaccgaagttacccgcatcatcgcacaccactgcaagctggagcacaaccgtcgccacgaccacctgccacagctccagttcttcctgaacgatctgccaggcaacgacttcaacaacctgttccagctgatcgaacagttcaacaagtcctccaccacccacaagggtgatgcagctaccgaggcactccagccaccatgctacatctccggcctgccaggttcctactacacccgcatcttcccatccgaatccgtgcacctgttccactccctgttctgcctccagtggcgctcccaggctccagagcagctgaagggcacccagaagtcctgcctggatatctacatcaccaagaccatgtccccatccatggtcaagctgttccagcagcagttccagaaggacttctccctgttcctgcgcctgcgctacgaagagctggtgtccggcggtcagatggtcctgaccttcatcggccgcaagcacgaagatgttttcaccggcgagtccaaccacctgtacggtctgctggctcagtccctgaagtccctggttgacgaaggtctggtggaaaaggagaagctggagtccttctacctgccaatctactccccatccgtgggcgaagtcgaggccatcgtgaagcagctgggtctgttcaacatgaaccacgttaaggtgttcgaaatcaactgggatccatacgatgactccgagggcgatgacgtccacaactccatcgaatccggcgagaacgttgcaaagtgcctgcgcgctgtcatggaaccactggttgcttcccagttcggcgagcgcatcctggacgaactgttcaaggagtacgctcgtcgcgtcgccaagcacctggaaaacgaaaaaaccaaacacgcagtgcttgtgctgtccattgaaaaggctatcatccacgtctga

13-2. Promoters

The sequence information of the promoters used in the present inventioncan be obtained from the following website:

http://parts.igem.org/Promoters/Catalog/Constitutive.

13-3. Sequence Information Used for E. Coli Recombinant Strains

trpD gene sequence <SEQ ID NO: 104>atggctgacattctgctgctcgataatatcgactcttttacgtacaacctggcagatcagttgcgcagcaatgggcataacgtggtgatttaccgcaaccatattccggcgcaaaccttaattgaacgcctggcgaccatgagcaatccggtgctgatgctttctcctggccccggtgtgccgagcgaagccggttgtatgccggaactcctcacccgcttgcgtggcaagctgcccattattggcatttgcctcggacatcaggcgattgtcgaagcttacgggggctatgtcggtcaggcgggcgaaattctccacggtaaagcctccagcattgaacatgacggtcaggcgatgtttgccggattaacaaacccgctgccggtggcgcgttatcactcgctggttggcagtaacattccggccggtttaaccatcaacgcccattttaatggcatggtgatggcagtacgtcacgatgcggatcgcgtttgtggattccagttccatccggaatccattctcaccacccagggcgctcgcctgctggaacaaacgctggcctgggcgcagcagaaactagagccagccaacacgctgcaaccgattctggaaaaactgtatcaggcgcagacgcttagccaacaagaaagccaccagctgttttcagcggtggtgcgtggcgagctgaagccggaacaactggcggcggcgctggtgagcatgaaaattcgcggtgagcacccgaacgagatcgccggggcagcaaccgcgctactggaaaacgcagcgccgttcccgcgcccggattatctgtttgctgatatcgtcggtactggcggtgacggcagcaacagtatcaatatttctaccgccagtgcgtttgtcgccgcggcctgtgggctgaaagtggcgaaacacggcaaccgtagcgtctccagtaaatctggttcgtccgatctgctggcggcgttcggtattaatcttgatatgaacgccgataaatcgcgccaggcgctggatgagttaggtgtatgtttcctctttgcgccgaagtatcacaccggattccgccacgcgatgccggttcgccagcaactgaaaacccgcaccctgttcaatgtgctggggccattgattaacccggcgcatccgccgctggcgttaattggtgtttatagtccggaactggtgctgccgattgccgaaaccttgcgcgtgctggggtatcaacgcgcggcggtggtgcacagcggcgggatggatgaagtttcattacacgcgccgacaatcgttgccgaactgcatgacggcgaaattaaaagctatcagctcaccgcagaagactttggcctgacaccctaccaccaggagcaactggcaggcggaacaccggaagaaaaccgtgacattttaacacgtttgttacaaggtaaaggcgacgccgcccatgaagcagccgtcgctgcgaacgtcgccatgttaatgcgcctgcatggccatgaagatctgcaagccaatgcgcaaaccgttcttgaggtactgcgcagtggttccgcttacgacagagtcaccgcactggcggcacgagggtaa trpD amino acid sequence<SEQ ID NO: 105> MADILLLDNIDSFTYNLADQLRSNGHNVVIYRNHIPAQTLIERLATMSNPVLMLSPGPGVPSEAGCMPELLTRLRGKLPIIGICLGHQAIVEAYGGYVGQAGEILHGKASSIEHDGQAMFAGLTNPLPVARYHSLVGSNIPAGLTINAHFNGMVMAVRHDADRVCGFQFHPESILTTQGARLLEQTLAWAQQKLEPANTLQPILEKLYQAQTLSQQESHQLFSAVVRGELKPEQLAAALVSMKIRGEHPNEIAGAATALLENAAPFPRPDYLFADIVGTGGDGSNSINISTASAFVAAACGLKVAKHGNRSVSSKSGSSDLLAAFGINLDMNADKSRQALDELGVCFLFAPKYHTGFRHAMPVRQQLKTRTLFNVLGPLINPAHPPLALIGVYSPELVLPIAETLRVLGYQRAAVVHSGGMDEVSLHAPTIVAELHDGEIKSYQLTAEDFGLTPYHQEQLAGGTPEENRDILTRLLQGKGDAAHEAAVAANVAMLMRLHGHEDLQANAQTVLEVLRSGSAYDRVTALAARGpykA gene sequence <SEQ ID NO: 106>atgtccagaaggcttcgcagaacaaaaatcgttaccacgttaggcccagcaacagatcgcgataataatcttgaaaaagttatcgcggcgggtgccaacgttgtacgtatgaacttttctcacggctcgcctgaagatcacaaaatgcgcgcggataaagttcgtgagattgccgcaaaactggggcgtcatgtggctattctgggtgacctccaggggcccaaaatccgtgtatccacctttaaagaaggcaaagttttcctcaatattggggataaattcctgctcgacgccaacctgggtaaaggtgaaggcgacaaagaaaaagtcggtatcgactacaaaggcctgcctgctgacgtcgtgcctggtgacatcctgctgctggacgatggtcgcgtccagttaaaagtactggaagttcagggcatgaaagtgttcaccgaagtcaccgtcggtggtcccctctccaacaataaaggtatcaacaaacttggcggcggtttgtcggctgaagcgctgaccgaaaaagacaaagcagacattaagactgcggcgttgattggcgtagattacctggctgtctccttcccacgctgtggcgaagatctgaactatgcccgtcgcctggcacgcgatgcaggatgtgatgcgaaaattgttgccaaggttgaacgtgcggaagccgtttgcagccaggatgcaatggatgacatcatcctcgcctctgacgtggtaatggttgcacgtggcgacctcggtgtggaaattggcgacccggaactggtcggcattcagaaagcgttgatccgtcgtgcgcgtcagctaaaccgagcggtaatcacggcgacccagatgatggagtcaatgattactaacccgatgccgacgcgtgcagaagtcatggacgtagcaaacgccgttctggatggtactgacgctgtgatgctgtctgcagaaactgccgctgggcagtatccgtcagaaaccgttgcagccatggcgcgcgtttgcctgggtgcggaaaaaatcccgagcatcaacgtttctaaacaccgtctggacgttcagttcgacaatgtggaagaagctattgccatgtcagcaatgtacgcagctaaccacctgaaaggcgttacggcgatcatcaccatgaccgaatcgggtcgtaccgcgctgatgacctcccgtatcagctctggtctgccaattttcgccatgtcgcgccatgaacgtacgctgaacctgactgctctctatcgtggcgttacgccggtgcactttgatagcgctaatgacggcgtagcagctgccagcgaagcggttaatctgctgcgcgataaaggttacttgatgtctggtgacctggtgattgtcacccagggcgacgtgatgagtaccgtgggttctactaataccacgcgtattttaacg gtagagtaapykA amino acid sequence <SEQ ID NO: 107>MSRRLRRTKIVTTLGPATDRDNNLEKVIAAGANVVRMNFSHGSPEDHKMRADKVREIAAKLGRHVAILGDLQGPKIRVSTFKEGKVFLNIGDKFLLDANLGKGEGDKEKVGIDYKGLPADVVPGDILLLDDGRVQLKVLEVQGMKVFTEVTVGGPLSNNKGINKLGGGLSAEALTEKDKADIKTAALIGVDYLAVSFPRCGEDLNYARRLARDAGCDAKIVAKVERAEAVCSQDAMDDIILASDVVMVARGDLGVEIGDPELVGIQKALIRRARQLNRAVITATQMMESMITNPMPTRAEVMDVANAVLDGTDAVMLSAETAAGQYPSETVAAMARVCLGAEKIPSINVSKHRLDVQFDNVEEAIAMSAMYAANHLKGVTAIITMTESGRTALMTSRISSGLPIFAMSRHERTLNLTALYRGVTPVHFDSANDGVAAASEAVNLLRDKGYLMSGDLVIVTQGDVMSTVGSTNTT RILTVEpykF gene sequence <SEQ ID NO: 108>atgaaaaagaccaaaattgtttgcaccatcggaccgaaaaccgaatctgaagagatgttagctaaaatgctggacgctggcatgaacgttatgcgtctgaacttctctcatggtgactatgcagaacacggtcagcgcattcagaatctgcgcaacgtgatgagcaaaactggtaaaaccgccgctatcctgcttgataccaaaggtccggaaatccgcaccatgaaactggaaggcggtaacgacgtttctctgaaagctggtcagacctttactttcaccactgataaatctgttatcggcaacagcgaaatggttgcggtaacgtatgaaggtttcactactgacctgtctgttggcaacaccgtactggttgacgatggtctgatcggtatggaagttaccgccattgaaggtaacaaagttatctgtaaagtgctgaacaacggtgacctgggcgaaaacaaaggtgtgaacctgcctggcgtttccattgctctgccagcactggctgaaaaagacaaacaggacctgatctttggttgcgaacaaggcgtagactttgttgctgcttcctttattcgtaagcgttctgacgttatcgaaatccgtgagcacctgaaagcgcacggcggcgaaaacatccacatcatctccaaaatcgaaaaccaggaaggcctcaacaacttcgacgaaatcctcgaagcctctgacggcatcatggttgcgcgtggcgacctgggtgtagaaatcccggtagaagaagttatcttcgcccagaagatgatgatcgaaaaatgtatccgtgcacgtaaagtcgttatcactgcgacccagatgctggattccatgatcaaaaacccacgcccgactcgcgcagaagccggtgacgttgcaaacgccatcctcgacggtactgacgcagtgatgctgtctggtgaatccgcaaaaggtaaatacccgctggaagcggtttctatcatggcgaccatctgcgaacgtaccgaccgcgtgatgaacagccgtctcgagttcaacaatgacaaccgtaaactgcgcattaccgaagcggtatgccgtggtgccgttgaaactgctgaaaaactggatgctccgctgatcgtggttgctactcagggcggtaaatctgctcgcgcagtacgtaaatacttcccggatgccaccatcctggcactgaccaccaacgaaaaaacggctcatcagttggtactgagcaaaggcgttgtgccgcagcttgttaaagagatcacttctactgatgatttctaccgtctgggtaaagaactggctctgcagagcggtctggcacacaaaggtgacgttgtagttatggtttctggtgcactggtaccgagcggcactactaacaccgcatctgttcacgtcctgtaa pykF amino acid sequence<SEQ ID NO: 109> MKKTKIVCTIGPKTESEEMLAKMLDAGMNVMRLNFSHGDYAEHGQRIQNLRNVMSKTGKTAAILLDTKGPEIRTMKLEGGNDVSLKAGQTFTFTTDKSVIGNSEMVAVTYEGFTTDLSVGNTVLVDDGLIGMEVTAIEGNKVICKVLNNGDLGENKGVNLPGVSIALPALAEKDKQDLIFGCEQGVDFVAASFIRKRSDVIEIREHLKAHGGENIHIISKIENQEGLNNFDEILEASDGIMVARGDLGVEIPVEEVIFAQKMMIEKCIRARKVVITATQMLDSMIKNPRPTRAEAGDVANAILDGTDAVMLSGESAKGKYPLEAVSIMATICERTDRVMNSRLEFNNDNRKLRITEAVCRGAVETAEKLDAPLIVVATQGGKSARAVRKYFPDATILALTTNEKTAHQLVLSKGVVPQLVKEITSTDDFYRLGKELALQSGLAHKGDVVVMVSGALVPSGTTNTASVHVLaroG^(fbr) gene sequence <SEQ ID NO: 110>atgaattatcagaacgacgatttacgcatcaaagaaatcaaagagttacttcctcctgtcgcattgctggaaaaattccccgctactgaaaatgccgcgaatacggttgcccatgcccgaaaagcgatccataagatcctgaaaggtaatgatgatcgcctgttggttgtgattggcccatgctcaattcatgatcctgtcgcggcaaaagagtatgccactcgcttgctggcgctgcgtgaagagctgaaagatgagctggaaatcgtaatgcgcgtctattttgaaaagccgcgtaccacggtgggctggaaagggctgattaacgatccgcatatggataatagcttccagatcaacgacggtctgcgtatagcccgtaaattgctgcttgatattaacgacagcggtctgccagcggcaggtgagtttctcaatatgatcaccccacaatatctcgctgacctgatgagctggggcgcaattggcgcacgtaccaccgaatcgcaggtgcaccgcgaactggcatcagggctttcttgtccggtcggcttcaaaaatggcaccgacggtacgattaaagtggctatcgatgccattaatgccgccggtgcgccgcactgcttcctgtccgtaacgaaatgggggcattcggcgattgtgaataccagcggtaacggcgattgccatatcattctgcgcggcggtaaagagcctaactacagcgcgaagcacgttgctgaagtgaaagaagggctgaacaaagcaggcctgccagcacaggtgatgatcgatttcagccatgctaactcgtccaaacaattcaaaaagcagatggatgtttgtgctgacgtttgccagcagattgccggtggcgaaaaggccattattggcgtgatggtggaaagccatctggtggaaggcaatcagagcctcgagagcggggagccgctggcctacggtaagagcatcaccgatgcctgcatcggctgggaagataccgatgctctgttacgtcaactggcgaatgcagtaaaagcgcgtcgcgggtaa aroG^(fbr) amino acid sequence<SEQ ID NO: 111> MNYQNDDLRIKEIKELLPPVALLEKFPATENAANTVAHARKAIHKILKGNDDRLLVVIGPCSIHDPVAAKEYATRLLALREELKDELEIVMRVYFEKPRTTVGWKGLINDPHMDNSFQINDGLRIARKLLLDINDSGLPAAGEFLNMITPQYLADLMSWGAIGARTTESQVHRELASGLSCPVGFKNGTDGTIKVAIDAINAAGAPHCFLSVTKWGHSAIVNTSGNGDCHIILRGGKEPNYSAKHVAEVKEGLNKAGLPAQVMIDFSHANSSKQFKKQMDVCADVCQQIAGGEKAIIGVMVESHLVEGNQSLESGEPLAYGKSITDACIGWEDTDALLRQLANAVKARRGmetA^(fbr) gene sequence <SEQ ID NO: 112>atgccgattcgtgtgccggacgagctacccgccgtcaatttcttgcgtgaagaaaacgtctttgtgatgacaacttcttgtgcgtctggtcaggaaattcgtccacttaaggttctgatccttaacctgatgccgaagaagattgaaactgaaaatcagtttctgcgcctgctttcaaactcacctttgcaggtcgatattcagctgttgcgcatcgattcccgtgaatcgcgcaacacgcccgcagagcatctgaacaacttctactgtaactttgaagatattcaggatcagaactttgacggtttgattgtaactggtgcgccgctgggcctggtggagtttaatgatgtcgcttactggccgcagatcaaacaggtgctggagtggtcgaaagatcacgtcacctcgacgctgtttgtctgctgggcggtacaggccgcgctcaatatcctctacggcattcctaagcaaactcgcaccgaaaaactctctggcgtttacgagcatcatattctccatcctcatgcgcttctgacgcgtggctttgatgattcattcctggcaccgcattcgcgctatgctgactttccggcagcgttgattcgtgattacaccgatctggaaattctggcagagacggaagaaggggatgcatatctgtttgccagtaaagataagcgcattgcctttgtgacgggccatcccgaatatgatgcgcaaacgctggcgcaggaatttttccgcgatgtggaagccggactagacccggatgtaccgtataactatttcccgcacaatgatccgcaaaatacaccgcgagcgagctggcgtagtcacggtaatttactgtttaccaactggctcaactattacgtctaccagagcacgctatacgatctacggcacatgaatccaacgctggattaa metA^(fbr) amino acid sequence<SEQ ID NO: 113> MPIRVPDELPAVNFLREENVFVMTTSCASGQEIRPLKVLILNLMPKKIETENQFLRLLSNSPLQVDIQLLRIDSRESRNTPAEHLNNFYCNFEDIQDQNFDGLIVTGAPLGLVEFNDVAYWPQIKQVLEWSKDHVTSTLFVCWAVQAALNILYGIPKQTRTEKLSGVYEHHILHPHALLTRGFDDSFLAPHSRYADFPAALIRDYTDLEILAETEEGDAYLFASKDKRIAFVTGHPEYDAQTLAQEFFRDVEAGLDPDVPYNYFPHNDPQNTPRASWRSHGNLLFTNWLNYYVYQSTLYDLRHMNPTLD- cysE^(fbr) gene sequence <SEQ ID NO: 114>atgtcgtgtgaagaactggaaattgtctggaacaatattaaagccgaagccagaacgctggcggactgtgagccaatgctggccagtttttaccacgcgacgctactcaagcacgaaaaccttggcagtgcactgagctacatgctggcgaacaagctgtcatcgccaattatgcctgctattgctatccgtgaagtggtggaagaagcctacgccgctgacccggaaatgatcgcctctgcggcctgtgatattcaggcggtgcgtacccgcgacccggcaagacccaaatactcaaccccgttgttatacctgaagggttttcatgccttgcaggcctatcgcatcggtcactggttgtggaatcaggggcgtcgcgcactggcaatctttctgcaaaaccaggtttctgtgacgttccaggtcgatattcacccggcagcaaaaattggtcgcggtatcatgcttgaccacgcgacaggcatcgtcgttggtgaaacggcggtgattgaaaacgacgtatcgattctgcaatctgtgacgcttggcggtacgggtaaatctggtggtgaccgtcacccgaaaattcgtgaaggtgtgatgattggcgcgggcgcgaaaatcctcggcaatattgaagttgggcgcggcgcgaagattggcgcaggttccgtggtgctgcaaccggtgccgccgcataccaccgccgctggcgttccggctcgtattgtcggtaaaccagacagcgataagccatcaatggatatggaccagcatttcaacggtattaaccatacatttgagtatggggatgggatctaacysE^(fbr) amino acid sequence <SEQ ID NO: 115>MSCEELEIVWNNIKAEARTLADCEPMLASFYHATLLKHENLGSALSYMLANKLSSPIMPAIAIREVVEEAYAADPEMIASAACDIQAVRTRDPARPKYSTPLLYLKGFHALQAYRIGHWLWNQGRRALAIFLQNQVSVTFQVDIHPAAKIGRGIMLDHATGIVVGETAVIENDVSILQSVTLGGTGKSGGDRHPKIREGVMIGAGAKILGNIEVGRGAKIGAGSVVLQPVPPHTTAAGVPARIVGKPDSDKPSMDMDQHFNGINHTFEYGDGI- trpE^(fbr) gene sequence<SEQ ID NO: 116> atgcaaacacaaaaaccgactctcgaactgctaacctgcgaaggcgcttatcgcgacaatcccaccgcgctttttcaccagttgtgtggggatcgtccggcaacgctgctgctggaattcgcagatatcgacagcaaagatgatttaaaaagcctgctgctggtagacagtgcgctgcgcattacagctttaggtgacactgtcacaatccaggcactttccggcaacggcgaagccctcctggcactactggataacgccctgcctgcgggtgtggaaagtgaacaatcaccaaactgccgtgtgctgcgcttcccccctgtcagtccactgctggatgaagacgcccgcttatgctccctttcggtttttgacgctttccgtttattgcagaatctgttgaatgtaccgaaggaagaacgagaagccatgttcttcggcggcctgttctcttatgaccttgtggcgggatttgaagatttaccgcaactgtcagcggaaaataactgccctgatttctgtttttatctcgctgaaacgctgatggtgattgaccatcagaaaaaaagcacccgtattcaggccagcctgtttgctccgaatgaagaagaaaaacaacgtctcactgctcgcctgaacgaactacgtcagcaactgaccgaagccgcgccgccgctgccagtggtttccgtgccgcatatgcgttgtgaatgtaatcagagcgatgaagagttcggtggcgtagtgcgtttgttgcaaaaagcgattcgcgctggagaaattttccaggtggtgccatctcgccgtttctctctgccctgcccgtcaccgctggcggcctattacgtgctgaaaaagagtaatcccagcccgtacatgttttttatgcaggataatgatttcaccctatttggcgcgtcgccggaaagctcgctcaagtatgatgccaccagccgccagattgagatctacccgattgccggaacacgcccacgcggtcgtcgcgccgatggttcactggacagagatctcgacagccgtattgaactggaaatgcgtaccgatcataaagagctgtctgaacatctgatgctggttgatctcgcccgtaatgatctggcacgcatttgcacccccggcagccgctacgtcgccgatctcaccaaagttgaccgttattcctatgtgatgcacctcgtctctcgcgtagtcggcgaactgcgtcacgatcttgacgccctgcacgcttatcgcgcctgtatgaatatggggacgttaagcggtgcgccgaaagtacgcgctatgcagttaattgccgaggcggaaggtcgtcgccgcggcagctacggcggcgcggtaggttatttcaccgcgcatggcgatctcgacacctgcattgtgatccgctcggcgctggtggaaaacggtatcgccaccgtgcaagcgggtgctggtgtagtccttgattctgttccgcagtcggaagccgacgaaacccgtaacaaagcccgcgctgtactgcgcgctattgccaccgcgcatcatgcacaggag actttctgatrpE^(fbr) amino acid sequence <SEQ ID NO: 117>MQTQKPTLELLTCEGAYRDNPTALFHQLCGDRPATLLLEFADIDSKDDLKSLLLVDSALRITALGDTVTIQALSGNGEALLALLDNALPAGVESEQSPNCRVLRFPPVSPLLDEDARLCSLSVFDAFRLLQNLLNVPKEEREAMFFGGLFSYDLVAGFEDLPQLSAENNCPDFCFYLAETLMVIDHQKKSTRIQASLFAPNEEEKQRLTARLNELRQQLTEAAPPLPVVSVPHMRCECNQSDEEFGGVVRLLQKAIRAGEIFQVVPSRRFSLPCPSPLAAYYVLKKSNPSPYMFFMQDNDFTLFGASPESSLKYDATSRQIEIYPIAGTRPRGRRADGSLDRDLDSRIELEMRTDHKELSEHLMLVDLARNDLARICTPGSRYVADLTKVDRYSYVMHLVSRVVGELRHDLDALHAYRACMNMGTLSGAPKVRAMQLIAEAEGRRRGSYGGAVGYFTAHGDLDTCIVIRSALVENGIATVQAGAGVVLDSVPQSEADETRNKARAVLRAIATAHHAQETF- ppsA gene sequence<SEQ ID NO: 118> atgtccaacaatggctcgtcaccgctggtgctttggtataaccaactcggcatgaatgatgtagacagggttgggggcaaaaatgcctccctgggtgaaatgattactaatctttccggaatgggtgtttccgttccgaatggtttcgccacaaccgccgacgcgtttaaccagtttctggaccaaagcggcgtaaaccagcgcatttatgaactgctggataaaacggatattgacgatgttactcagcttgcgaaagcgggcgcgcaaatccgccagtggattatcgacactcccttccagcctgagctggaaaacgccatccgcgaagcctatgcacagctttccgccgatgacgaaaacgcctcttttgcggtgcgctcctccgccaccgcagaagatatgccggacgcttcttttgccggtcagcaggaaaccttcctcaacgttcagggttttgacgccgttctcgtggcagtgaaacatgtatttgcttctctgtttaacgatcgcgccatctcttatcgtgtgcaccagggttacgatcaccgtggtgtggcgctctccgccggtgttcaacggatggtgcgctctgacctcgcatcatctggcgtgatgttctccattgataccgaatccggctttgaccaggtggtgtttatcacttccgcatggggccttggtgagatggtcgtgcagggtgcggttaacccggatgagttttacgtgcataaaccgacactggcggcgaatcgcccggctatcgtgcgccgcaccatggggtcgaaaaaaatccgcatggtttacgcgccgacccaggagcacggcaagcaggttaaaatcgaagacgtaccgcaggaacagcgtgacatcttctcgctgaccaacgaagaagtgcaggaactggcaaaacaggccgtacaaattgagaaacactacggtcgcccgatggatattgagtgggcgaaagatggccacaccggtaaactgttcattgtgcaggcgcgtccggaaaccgtgcgctcacgcggtcaggtcatggagcgttatacgctgcattcacagggtaagattatcgccgaaggccgtgctatcggtcatcgcatcggtgcgggtccggtgaaagtcatccatgacatcagcgaaatgaaccgcatcgaacctggcgacgtgctggttactgacatgaccgacccggactgggaaccgatcatgaagaaagcatctgccatcgtcaccaaccgtggcggtcgtacctgtcacgcggcgatcatcgctcgtgaactgggcattccggcggtagtgggctgtggagatgcaacagaacggatgaaagacggtgagaacgtcactgtttcttgtgccgaaggtgataccggttacgtctatgcggagttgctggaatttagcgtgaaaagctccagcgtagaaacgatgccggatctgccgttgaaagtgatgatgaacgtcggtaacccggaccgtgctttcgacttcgcctgcctaccgaacgaaggcgtgggccttgcgcgtctggaatttatcatcaaccgtatgattggcgtccacccacgcgcactgcttgagtttgacgatcaggaaccgcagttgcaaaacgaaatccgcgagatgatgaaaggttttgattctccgcgtgaattttacgttggtcgtctgactgaagggatcgcgacgctgggtgccgcgttttatccgaagcgcgtcattgtccgtctctctgattttaaatcgaacgaatatgccaacctggtcggtggtgagcgttacgagccagatgaagagaacccgatgctcggcttccgtggcgcgggccgctatgtttccgacagcttccgcgactgtttcgcgctggagtgtgaagcagtgaaacgtgtgcgcaacgacatgggactgaccaacgttgagatcatgatcccgttcgtgcgtaccgtagatcaggcgaaagcggtggttgaagaactggcgcgtcaggggctgaaacgtggcgagaacgggctgaaaatcatcatgatgtgtgaaatcccgtccaacgccttgctggccgagcagttcctcgaatatttcgacggcttctcaattggctcaaacgatatgacgcagctggcgctcggtctggaccgtgactccggcgtggtgtctgaattgttcgatgagcgcaacgatgcggtgaaagcactgctgtcgatggctatccgtgccgcgaagaaacagggcaaatatgtcgggatttgcggtcagggtccgtccgaccacgaagactttgccgcatggttgatggaagaggggatcgatagcctgtctctgaacccggacaccgtggtgcaaacctggttaagcctggctgaactgaagaaataa ppsA amino acid sequence<SEQ ID NO: 119> MSNNGSSPLVLWYNQLGMNDVDRVGGKNASLGEMITNLSGMGVSVPNGFATTADAFNQFLDQSGVNQRIYELLDKTDIDDVTQLAKAGAQIRQWIIDTPFQPELENAIREAYAQLSADDENASFAVRSSATAEDMPDASFAGQQETFLNVQGFDAVLVAVKHVFASLFNDRAISYRVHQGYDHRGVALSAGVQRMVRSDLASSGVMFSIDTESGFDQVVFITSAWGLGEMVVQGAVNPDEFYVHKPTLAANRPAIVRRTMGSKKIRMVYAPTQEHGKQVKIEDVPQEQRDIFSLTNEEVQELAKQAVQIEKHYGRPMDIEWAKDGHTGKLFIVQARPETVRSRGQVMERYTLHSQGKIIAEGRAIGHRIGAGPVKVIHDISEMNRIEPGDVLVTDMTDPDWEPIMKKASAIVTNRGGRTCHAAIIARELGIPAVVGCGDATERMKDGENVTVSCAEGDTGYVYAELLEFSVKSSSVETMPDLPLKVMMNVGNPDRAFDFACLPNEGVGLARLEFIINRMIGVHPRALLEFDDQEPQLQNEIREMMKGFDSPREFYVGRLTEGIATLGAAFYPKRVIVRLSDFKSNEYANLVGGERYEPDEENPMLGFRGAGRYVSDSFRDCFALECEAVKRVRNDMGLTNVEIMIPFVRTVDQAKAVVEELARQGLKRGENGLKIIMMCEIPSNALLAEQFLEYFDGFSIGSNDMTQLALGLDRDSGVVSELFDERNDAVKALLSMAIRAAKKQGKYVGICGQGPSDHEDFAAWLMEEGIDSLSLNPDTVVQTWLSLAELKK- aroL gene sequence <SEQ ID NO: 120>atgacacaacctctttttctgatcgggcctcggggctgtggtaaaacaacggtcggaatggcccttgccgattcgcttaaccgtcggtttgtcgataccgatcagtggttgcaatcacagctcaatatgacggtcgcggagatcgtcgaaagggaagagtgggcgggatttcgcgccagagaaacggcggcgctggaagcggtaactgcgccatccaccgttatcgctacaggcggcggcattattctgacggaatttaatcgtcacttcatgcaaaataacgggatcgtggtttatttgtgtgcgccagtatcagtcctggttaaccgactgcaagctgcaccggaagaagatttacggccaaccttaacgggaaaaccgctgagcgaagaagttcaggaagtgctggaagaacgcgatgcgctatatcgcgaagttgcgcatattatcatcgacgcaacaaacgaacccagccaggtgatttctgaaattcgcagcgccctggcacagacgatcaattgttgaaroL amino acid sequence <SEQ ID NO: 121>MTQPLFLIGPRGCGKTTVGMALADSLNRRFVDTDQWLQSQLNMTVAEIVEREEWAGFRARETAALEAVTAPSTVIATGGGIILTEFNRHFMQNNGIVVYLCAPVSVLVNRLQAAPEEDLRPTLTGKPLSEEVQEVLEERDALYREVAHIIIDATNEPSQVISEIRSALAQTINCtktA gene sequence <SEQ ID NO: 122>atgtcctcacgtaaagagcttgccaatgctattcgtgcgctgagcatggacgcagtacagaaagccaaatccggtcacccgggtgcccctatgggtatggctgacattgccgaagtcctgtggcgtgatttcctgaaacacaacccgcagaatccgtcctgggctgaccgtgaccgcttcgtgctgtccaacggccacggctccatgctgatctacagcctgctgcacctcaccggttacgatctgccgatggaagaactgaaaaacttccgtcagctgcactctaaaactccgggtcacccggaagtgggttacaccgctggtgtggaaaccaccaccggtccgctgggtcagggtattgccaacgcagtcggtatggcgattgcagaaaaaacgctggcggcgcagtttaaccgtccgggccacgacattgtcgaccactacacctacgccttcatgggcgacggctgcatgatggaaggcatctcccacgaagtttgctctctggcgggtacgctgaagctgggtaaactgattgcattctacgatgacaacggtatttctatcgatggtcacgttgaaggctggttcaccgacgacaccgcaatgcgtttcgaagcttacggctggcacgttattcgcgacatcgacggtcatgacgcggcatctatcaaacgcgcagtagaagaagcgcgcgcagtgactgacaaaccttccctgctgatgtgcaaaaccatcatcggtttcggttccccgaacaaagccggtacccacgactcccacggtgcgccgctgggcgacgctgaaattgccctgacccgcgaacaactgggctggaaatatgcgccgttcgaaatcccgtctgaaatctatgctcagtgggatgcgaaagaagcaggccaggcgaaagaatccgcatggaacgagaaattcgctgcttacgcgaaagcttatccgcaggaagccgctgaatttacccgccgtatgaaaggcgaaatgccgtctgacttcgacgctaaagcgaaagagttcatcgctaaactgcaggctaatccggcgaaaatcgccagccgtaaagcgtctcagaatgctatcgaagcgttcggtccgctgttgccggaattcctcggcggttctgctgacctggcgccgtctaacctgaccctgtggtctggttctaaagcaatcaacgaagatgctgcgggtaactacatccactacggtgttcgcgagttcggtatgaccgcgattgctaacggtatctccctgcacggtggcttcctgccgtacacctccaccttcctgatgttcgtggaatacgcacgtaacgccgtacgtatggctgcgctgatgaaacagcgtcaggtgatggtttacacccacgactccatcggtctgggcgaagacggcccgactcaccagccggttgagcaggtcgcttctctgcgcgtaaccccgaacatgtctacatggcgtccgtgtgaccaggttgaatccgcggtcgcgtggaaatacggtgttgagcgtcaggacggcccgaccgcactgatcctctcccgtcagaacctggcgcagcaggaacgaactgaagagcaactggcaaacatcgcgcgcggtggttatgtgctgaaagactgcgccggtcagccggaactgattttcatcgctaccggttcagaagttgaactggctgttgctgcctacgaaaaactgactgccgaaggcgtgaaagcgcgcgtggtgtccatgccgtctaccgacgcatttgacaagcaggatgctgcttaccgtgaatccgtactgccgaaagcggttactgcacgcgttgctgtagaagcgggtattgctgactactggtacaagtatgttggcctgaacggtgctatcgtcggtatgaccaccttcggtgaatctgctccggcagagctgctgtttgaagagttcggcttcactgttgataacgttgttgcgaaagcaaaagaactgctgtaa tktA amino acid sequence <SEQ ID NO: 123>MSSRKELANAIRALSMDAVQKAKSGHPGAPMGMADIAEVLWRDFLKHNPQNPSWADRDRFVLSNGHGSMLIYSLLHLTGYDLPMEELKNFRQLHSKTPGHPEVGYTAGVETTTGPLGQGIANAVGMAIAEKTLAAQFNRPGHDIVDHYTYAFMGDGCMMEGISHEVCSLAGTLKLGKLIAFYDDNGISIDGHVEGWFTDDTAMRFEAYGWHVIRDIDGHDAASIKRAVEEARAVTDKPSLLMCKTIIGFGSPNKAGTHDSHGAPLGDAEIALTREQLGWKYAPFEIPSEIYAQWDAKEAGQAKESAWNEKFAAYAKAYPQEAAEFTRRMKGEMPSDFDAKAKEFIAKLQANPAKIASRKASQNAIEAFGPLLPEFLGGSADLAPSNLTLWSGSKAINEDAAGNYIHYGVREFGMTAIANGISLHGGFLPYTSTFLMFVEYARNAVRMAALMKQRQVMVYTHDSIGLGEDGPTHQPVEQVASLRVTPNMSTWRPCDQVESAVAWKYGVERQDGPTALILSRQNLAQQERTEEQLANIARGGYVLKDCAGQPELIFIATGSEVELAVAAYEKLTAEGVKARVVSMPSTDAFDKQDAAYRESVLPKAVTARVAVEAGIADYWYKYVGLNGAIVGMTTFGESAPAELLFEEFGFTVDN VVAKAKELL-metK gene sequence <SEQ ID NO: 124>atggcaaaacacctttttacgtccgagtccgtctctgaagggcatcctgacaaaattgctgaccaaatttctgatgccgttttagacgcgatcctcgaacaggatccgaaagcacgcgttgcttgcgaaacctacgtaaaaaccggcatggttttagttggcggcgaaatcaccaccagcgcctgggtagacatcgaagagatcacccgtaacaccgttcgcgaaattggctatgtgcattccgacatgggctttgacgctaactcctgtgcggttctgagcgctatcggcaaacagtctcctgacatcaaccagggcgttgaccgtgccgatccgctggaacagggcgcgggtgaccagggtctgatgtttggctacgcaactaatgaaaccgacgtgctgatgccagcacctatcacctatgcacaccgtctggtacagcgtcaggctgaagtgcgtaaaaacggcactctgccgtggctgcgcccggacgcgaaaagccaggtgacttttcagtatgacgacggcaaaatcgttggtatcgatgctgtcgtgctttccactcagcactctgaagagatcgaccagaaatcgctgcaagaagcggtaatggaagagatcatcaagccaattctgcccgctgaatggctgacttctgccaccaaattcttcatcaacccgaccggtcgtttcgttatcggtggcccaatgggtgactgcggtctgactggtcgtaaaattatcgttgatacctacggcggcatggcgcgtcacggtggcggtgcattctctggtaaagatccatcaaaagtggaccgttccgcagcctacgcagcacgttatgtcgcgaaaaacatcgttgctgctggcctggccgatcgttgtgaaattcaggtttcctacgcaatcggcgtggctgaaccgacctccatcatggtagaaactttcggtactgagaaagtgccttctgaacaactgaccctgctggtacgtgagttcttcgacctgcgcccatacggtctgattcagatgctggatctgctgcacccgatctacaaagaaaccgcagcatacggtcactttggtcgtgaacatttcccgtgggaaaaaaccgacaaagcgcagctgctgcgcgatgctgccggtctgaagtaa metK amino acid sequence <SEQ ID NO: 125>MAKHLFTSESVSEGHPDKIADQISDAVLDAILEQDPKARVACETYVKTGMVLVGGEITTSAWVDIEEITRNTVREIGYVHSDMGFDANSCAVLSAIGKQSPDINQGVDRADPLEQGAGDQGLMFGYATNETDVLMPAPITYAHRLVQRQAEVRKNGTLPWLRPDAKSQVTFQYDDGKIVGIDAVVLSTQHSEEIDQKSLQEAVMEEIIKPILPAEWLTSATKFFINPTGRFVIGGPMGDCGLTGRKIIVDTYGGMARHGGGAFSGKDPSKVDRSAAYAARYVAKNIVAAGLADRCEIQVSYAIGVAEPTSIMVETFGTEKVPSEQLTLLVREFFDLRPYGLIQMLDLLHPIYKETAAYGHFGREHFPWEKTDKAQLLRDAAGLK- mtn gene sequence <SEQ ID NO: 126>atgaaaatcggcatcattggtgcaatggaagaagaagttacgctgctgcgtgacaaaatcgaaaaccgtcaaactatcagtctcggcggttgcgaaatctataccggccaactgaatggaaccgaggttgcgcttctgaaatcgggcatcggtaaagtcgctgcggcgctgggtgccactttgctgttggaacactgcaagccagatgtgattattaacaccggttctgccggtggcctggcaccaacgttgaaagtgggcgatatcgttgtctcggacgaagcacgttatcacgacgcggatgtcacggcatttggttatgaatacggtcagttaccaggctgtccggcaggctttaaagctgacgataaactgatcgctgccgctgaggcctgcattgccgaactgaatcttaacgctgtacgtggcctgattgttagcggcgacgctttcatcaacggttctgttggtctggcgaaaatccgccacaacttcccacaggccattgctgtagagatggaagcgacggcaatcgcccatgtctgccacaatttcaacgtcccgtttgttgtcgtacgcgccatctccgacgtggccgatcaacagtctcatcttagcttcgatgagttcctggctgttgccgctaaacagtccagcctgatggttgagtcactggtgcagaaacttgcacatggctaa mtn amino acid sequence<SEQ ID NO: 127> MKIGIIGAMEEEVTLLRDKIENRQTISLGGCEIYTGQLNGTEVALLKSGIGKVAAALGATLLLEHCKPDVIINTGSAGGLAPTLKVGDIVVSDEARYHDADVTAFGYEYGQLPGCPAGFKADDKLIAAAEACIAELNLNAVRGLIVSGDAFINGSVGLAKIRHNFPQAIAVEMEATAIAHVCHNFNVPFVVVRAISDVADQQSHLSFDEFLAVAAKQSSLMVESLVQKLAHG-luxS gene sequence <SEQ ID NO: 128>atgccgttgttagatagcttcacagtcgatcatacccggatggaagcgcctgcagttcgggtggcgaaaacaatgaacaccccgcatggcgacgcaatcaccgtgttcgatctgcgcttctgcgtgccgaacaaagaagtgatgccagaaagagggatccataccctggagcacctgtttgctggttttatgcgtaaccatcttaacggtaatggtgtagagattatcgatatctcgccaatgggctgccgcaccggtttttatatgagtctgattggtacgccagatgagcagcgtgttgctgatgcctggaaagcggcaatggaagacgtgctgaaagtgcaggatcagaatcagatcccggaactgaacgtctaccagtgtggcacttaccagatgcactcgttgcaggaagcgcaggatattgcgcgtagcattctggaacgtgacgtacgcatcaacagcaacgaagaactggcactgccgaaagagaagttgcaggaactgcacatctag luxS amino acid sequence<SEQ ID NO: 129> MPLLDSFTVDHTRMEAPAVRVAKTMNTPHGDAITVFDLRFCVPNKEVMPERGIHTLEHLFAGFMRNHLNGNGVEIIDISPMGCRTGFYMSLIGTPDEQRVADAWKAAMEDVLKVQDQNQIPELNVYQCGTYQMHSLQEAQDIARSILERDVRINSNEELALPKEKLQELHI-

13-4. Gene Information Used for C. Glutamicum Recombinant Strains

trpD gene sequence <SEQ ID NO: 130>atgacttctccagcaacactgaaagttctcaacgcctacttggataaccccactccaaccctggaggaggcaattgaggtgttcaccccgctgaccgtgggtgaatacgatgacgtgcacatcgcagcgctgcttgccaccatccgtactcgcggtgagcagttcgctgatattgccggcgctgccaaggcgttcctcgcggcggctcgtccgttcccgattactggcgcaggtttgctagattccgctggtactggtggcgacggtgccaacaccatcaacatcaccaccggcgcatccctgatcgcagcatccggtggagtgaagctggttaagcacggcaaccgttcggtgagctccaagtccggctccgccgatgtgctggaagcgctgaatattcctttgggccttgatgtggatcgtgctgtgaagtggttcgaagcgtccaacttcaccttcctgttcgcacctgcgtacaaccctgcgattgcgcatgtgcagccggttcgccaggcgctgaaattccccaccatcttcaacacgcttggaccattgctgtccccggcgcgcccggagcgtcagatcatgggcgtggccaatgccaatcatggacagctcatcgccgaggtcttccgcgagttgggccgtacacgcgcgcttgttgtgcatggcgcaggcaccgatgagatcgcagtccacggcaccaccttggtgtgggagcttaaagaagacggcaccatcgagcattacaccatcgagcctgaggaccttggccttggccgctacacccttgaggatctcgtaggtggcctcggcactgagaacgccgaagctatgcgcgctactttcgcgggcaccggccctgatgcacaccgtgatgcgttggctgcgtccgcaggtgcgatgttctacctcaacggcgatgtcgactccttgaaagatggtgcacaaaaggcgctttccttgcttgccgacggcaccacccaggcatggttggccaagcacgaagagatcgattactcagaaaaggagtcttccaatgactag trpD amino acid sequence<SEQ ID NO: 131> MTSPATLKVLNAYLDNPTPTLEEAIEVFTPLTVGEYDDVHIAALLATIRTRGEQFADIAGAAKAFLAAARPFPITGAGLLDSAGTGGDGANTINITTGASLIAASGGVKLVKHGNRSVSSKSGSADVLEALNIPLGLDVDRAVKWFEASNFTFLFAPAYNPAIAHVQPVRQALKFPTIFNTLGPLLSPARPERQIMGVANANHGQLIAEVFRELGRTRALVVHGAGTDEIAVHGTTLVWELKEDGTIEHYTIEPEDLGLGRYTLEDLVGGLGTENAEAMRATFAGTGPDAHRDALAASAGAMFYLNGDVDSLKDGAQKALSLLADGTTQAWLAKHEEIDYSEKESSND-qsuB gene sequence <SEQ ID NO: 132>atgcgtacatccattgccactgtttgtttgtccggaactcttgctgaaaagctgcgcgcagctgcagatgctggatttgatggtgtggaaatcttcgagcaggacttggtggtttccccgcattcggcagagcagattcgtcagcgggctcaggatttgggattaaccctggatctgttccagccgtttcgagatttcgaaggtgtggaagaagagcagtttctgaagaatctgcaccgcttggaagagaagttcaagctgatgaacaggcttggcattgagatgatcttgttgtgttccaatgtgggcaccgcgaccatcaatgatgatgaccttttcgtggagcagttgcatcgtgcagcagatttggctgagaagtacaacgtcaagattgcttatgaagcgttggcgtggggcaagtttgtcaatgattttgagcatgcgcatgcacttgtggagaaggtgaatcacaaggcgctgggaacctgcttggatacgttccatattctttcccgtggttgggaaaccgacgaggtggagaacatccctgcggagaagatcttctttgttcagttagcggatgcgccgaagctgagcatggacattttgtcctggtcgcgtcaccaccgtgttttccctggtgaaggcgatttcgatctggtgaaattcatggttcatctggccaagacgggttatgatggcccgatttctttggagatcttcaacgattccttccgcaaggccgaggttggtcgcaccgcgattgatgggttgcgttctttgcgttggttggaagatcagacctggcatgcgctaaatgctgaggatcgtccaagcgctcttgaactgcgtgcacttcctgaggtcgcggaacctgagggtgttgatttcattgagatcgccactggacgtttgggtgagaccattcgggttcttcatcaattgggtttccgcttgggtggtcatcactgcagtaagcaggattaccaggtatggacccagggcgatgtgcgcattgtggtgtgtgatcgtggggtcaccggggctccaaccacgatctctgcgatgggctttgacacccccgatccagaagctgctcatgcccgtgcggaattgctgcgggctcagacaattgatcgtccccacatcgagggcgaagttgacctaaaaggtgtgtacgcaccggatggggtggagctgtttttcgcggggccgagccccgatggaatgcccgagtggctgccggaattcggcgtcgaaaagcaagaagctggtctcattgaagccatcgaccacgtcaatttcgcccagccgtggcaacattttgatgaggcagtgctgttttacaccgcgctgatggcgttggagactgtgcgtgaggatgagttcccgagcccaattggtttggtgcgcaatcaggtgatgcgttcgccgaatgatgcggtgcggttgctgctcagcgtggcgccggaggacggtgagcagggagatttcctcaacgcggcctacccggagcacattgcgttggccacggcggacatcgtggcggtggctgaacgtgcgcgcaaacgaggcctggatttcttgcccgtcccagagaattactacgacgatgtgcaggcgcgttttgatttgccgcaggaattcttggacacactcaaggaaaaccacctgctttacgaccgcgacgagaacggcgaattcctccacttttacacccgcacgttgggcacgctgttcttcgaagtggtggaacgccgcggcggttttgcaggttggggcgaaacaaacgctccggtgcggttggcggcgcagtatcgtgaggtgcgggacctcgagcggggaatcccaaac tagqsuB amino acid sequence <SEQ ID NO: 133>MRTSIATVCLSGTLAEKLRAAADAGFDGVEIFEQDLVVSPHSAEQIRQRAQDLGLTLDLFQPFRDFEGVEEEQFLKNLHRLEEKFKLMNRLGIEMILLCSNVGTATINDDDLFVEQLHRAADLAEKYNVKIAYEALAWGKFVNDFEHAHALVEKVNHKALGTCLDTFHILSRGWETDEVENIPAEKIFFVQLADAPKLSMDILSWSRHHRVFPGEGDFDLVKFMVHLAKTGYDGPISLEIFNDSFRKAEVGRTAIDGLRSLRWLEDQTWHALNAEDRPSALELRALPEVAEPEGVDFIEIATGRLGETIRVLHQLGFRLGGHHCSKQDYQVWTQGDVRIVVCDRGVTGAPTTISAMGFDTPDPEAAHARAELLRAQTIDRPHIEGEVDLKGVYAPDGVELFFAGPSPDGMPEWLPEFGVEKQEAGLIEAIDHVNFAQPWQHFDEAVLFYTALMALETVREDEFPSPIGLVRNQVMRSPNDAVRLLLSVAPEDGEQGDFLNAAYPEHIALATADIVAVAERARKRGLDFLPVPENYYDDVQARFDLPQEFLDTLKENHLLYDRDENGEFLHFYTRTLGTLFFEVVERRGGFAGWGETNAPVRLAAQYREVRDLERGIPN- qsuD gene sequence <SEQ ID NO: 134>tgaacgacagtattctcctcggcctaatcggccagggcctcgacctatcgcgcacccccgcaatgcacgaggcggaaggcctcgcgcagggacgtgcgacggtgtacaggcgcatcgacacgcttgggtcgcgtgcttccgggcaagatttaaagacgcttctcgacgccgccctctaccttggcttcaacggcctgaacatcactcacccgtacaaacaagcagtattacccctgcttgacgaagtctccgaacaagccacccaactcggcgcagtgaatactgtcgttatcgacgccaccggccacaccaccggccacaacaccgacgtctccggatttggccgcggaatggaagaaggcctccccaacgccaagctcgattccgtcgtgcaggtcggcgccggcggcgtaggaaacgcagtggcatacgccctggtcacccacggtgtgcagaaacttcaggtcgctgacctcgacacttcccgcgcgcaggcactggcagatgtcatcaacaacgcagtcggccgtgaagccgtcgtgggagtagacgcccgcggcatcgaagacgtcatcgccgccgccgacggagtagtcaacgcaacccccatgggaatgccagcacaccccggcaccgcctttgatgtcagctgcctcaccaaggatcactgggttggcgacgtcgtgtacatgcccatcgaaactgaacttctcaaagccgcccgtgccctcggctgcgaaaccctcgacggaacccgcatggcaatccaccaagccgtcgatgccttccgactgttcaccggcctcgaacccgacgtctcccgcatgcgggaaactttcctgtccctctaa qsuD amino acid sequence <SEQ ID NO: 135>NDSILLGLIGQGLDLSRTPAMHEAEGLAQGRATVYRRIDTLGSRASGQDLKTLLDAALYLGFNGLNITHPYKQAVLPLLDEVSEQATQLGAVNTVVIDATGHTTGHNTDVSGFGRGMEEGLPNAKLDSVVQVGAGGVGNAVAYALVTHGVQKLQVADLDTSRAQALADVINNAVGREAVVGVDARGIEDVIAAADGVVNATPMGMPAHPGTAFDVSCLTKDHWVGDVVYMPIETELLKAARALGCETLDGTRMAIHQAVDAFRLFTGLEPDVSRMRETFLSL- hdpA gene sequence<SEQ ID NO: 136> atgcgtacatccattgccactgtttgtttgtccggaactcttgctgaaaagctgcgcgcagctgcagatgctggatttgatggtgtggaaatcttcgagcaggacttggtggtttccccgcattcggcagagcagattcgtcagcgggctcaggatttgggattaaccctggatctgttccagccgtttcgagatttcgaaggtgtggaagaagagcagtttctgaagaatctgcaccgcttggaagagaagttcaagctgatgaacaggcttggcattgagatgatcttgttgtgttccaatgtgggcaccgcgaccatcaatgatgatgaccttttcgtggagcagttgcatcgtgcagcagatttggctgagaagtacaacgtcaagattgcttatgaagcgttggcgtggggcaagtttgtcaatgattttgagcatgcgcatgcacttgtggagaaggtgaatcacaaggcgctgggaacctgcttggatacgttccatattctttcccgtggttgggaaaccgacgaggtggagaacatccctgcggagaagatcttctttgttcagttagcggatgcgccgaagctgagcatggacattttgtcctggtcgcgtcaccaccgtgttttccctggtgaaggcgatttcgatctggtgaaattcatggttcatctggccaagacgggttatgatggcccgatttctttggagatcttcaacgattccttccgcaaggccgaggttggtcgcaccgcgattgatgggttgcgttctttgcgttggttggaagatcagacctggcatgcgctaaatgctgaggatcgtccaagcgctcttgaactgcgtgcacttcctgaggtcgcggaacctgagggtgttgatttcattgagatcgccactggacgtttgggtgagaccattcgggttcttcatcaattgggtttccgcttgggtggtcatcactgcagtaagcaggattaccaggtatggacccagggcgatgtgcgcattgtggtgtgtgatcgtggggtcaccggggctccaaccacgatctctgcgatgggctttgacacccccgatccagaagctgctcatgcccgtgcggaattgctgcgggctcagacaattgatcgtccccacatcgagggcgaagttgacctaaaaggtgtgtacgcaccggatggggtggagctgtttttcgcggggccgagccccgatggaatgcccgagtggctgccggaattcggcgtcgaaaagcaagaagctggtctcattgaagccatcgaccacgtcaatttcgcccagccgtggcaacattttgatgaggcagtgctgttttacaccgcgctgatggcgttggagactgtgcgtgaggatgagttcccgagcccaattggtttggtgcgcaatcaggtgatgcgttcgccgaatgatgcggtgcggttgctgctcagcgtggcgccggaggacggtgagcagggagatttcctcaacgcggcctacccggagcacattgcgttggccacggcggacatcgtggcggtggctgaacgtgcgcgcaaacgaggcctggatttcttgcccgtcccagagaattactacgacgatgtgcaggcgcgttttgatttgccgcaggaattcttggacacactcaaggaaaaccacctgctttacgaccgcgacgagaacggcgaattcctccacttttacacccgcacgttgggcacgctgttcttcgaagtggtggaacgccgcggcggttttgcaggttggggcgaaacaaacgctccggtgcggttggcggcgcagtatcgtgaggtgcgggacctcgagcggggaatcccaaac taghdpA amino acid sequence <SEQ ID NO: 137>MRTSIATVCLSGTLAEKLRAAADAGFDGVEIFEQDLVVSPHSAEQIRQRAQDLGLTLDLFQPFRDFEGVEEEQFLKNLHRLEEKFKLMNRLGIEMILLCSNVGTATINDDDLFVEQLHRAADLAEKYNVKIAYEALAWGKFVNDFEHAHALVEKVNHKALGTCLDTFHILSRGWETDEVENIPAEKIFFVQLADAPKLSMDILSWSRHHRVFPGEGDFDLVKFMVHLAKTGYDGPISLEIFNDSFRKAEVGRTAIDGLRSLRWLEDQTWHALNAEDRPSALELRALPEVAEPEGVDFIEIATGRLGETIRVLHQLGFRLGGHHCSKQDYQVWTQGDVRIVVCDRGVTGAPTTISAMGFDTPDPEAAHARAELLRAQTIDRPHIEGEVDLKGVYAPDGVELFFAGPSPDGMPEWLPEFGVEKQEAGLIEAIDHVNFAQPWQHFDEAVLFYTALMALETVREDEFPSPIGLVRNQVMRSPNDAVRLLLSVAPEDGEQGDFLNAAYPEHIALATADIVAVAERARKRGLDFLPVPENYYDDVQARFDLPQEFLDTLKENHLLYDRDENGEFLHFYTRTLGTLFFEVVERRGGFAGWGETNAPVRLAAQYREVRDLERGIPN- aroK gene sequence <SEQ ID NO: 138>atggagcgtaatgaagtgaatgatcaaattcacttagatcatcaatcagatgacacctctgaatgctcctgcccgatcgtggttcttgtgggtttgccaggagctggaaaatccaccattggacgtcgattagcgcgcgccttaaacactgaactcgtcgactccgacgaactgattgagcgcgccaccggaaaagcctgtggcgccgtgttcagcgagctcggcgagccagccttccgcgagctcgaggccatccacgtggccgaagcactgaaatcctccggagtggtgagcttgggaggcggatctgtgctgacagaatccacccgtgaactgctcaaaggccaggacgtggtctggatcgacgtgccagtagaagaaggcatcaggcgcaccgcaaacgagcgttcccgccccgtgctgcaagccgccgaccccgccgagcactaccgcaacctggtgaaagtgcgcaccccgttgtacgaagaggtggcaacctaccgacttcgcaccaacaaccgcagcccccagcaagtggtggcagcagtgttgcatcatctagaaatcgattaa aroK amino acid sequence<SEQ ID NO: 139> MERNEVNDQIHLDHQSDDTSECSCPIVVLVGLPGAGKSTIGRRLARALNTELVDSDELIERATGKACGAVFSELGEPAFRELEAIHVAEALKSSGVVSLGGGSVLTESTRELLKGQDVVWIDVPVEEGIRRTANERSRPVLQAADPAEHYRNLVKVRTPLYEEVATYRLRTNNRSPQQVVAAVLHHLEID- aroB gene sequence <SEQ ID NO: 140>atgagcgcagtgcagattttcaacaccgtccacgtcaatggatcttccccctatgatgtccacattggttccggcctcaacgagctcattgttcagcgcgcagcggaatcaggcgcggagcaggtagcgattttgcaccagcccagcatggatgacattgcatccgagttggatgcagcactagtcgctgctggtttgaaggtcctgcaccttaatgttcccgatgcggaaaacggcaagtccttggaagtagcggggcagtgctgggatgaattgggtggcgcagcattcggccgccgcgatatcgtcatcggacttggtggcggtgctgccacagatctcgcgggattcgtcgctgctgcatggatgcgtggcgtgcgcgtcattcaggttccaaccaccttgttggccatggtggacgctgcggtgggcggcaagactggcatcaataccgccgcaggcaagaaccttgtgggcgcgttccacgagcctgacgcagtattcattgacaccgatcgcctagccaccctgcctgacgcggaaatcatcgcgggatccgccgaaatcatcaaaactggtttcatcgccgacccagaaatcctgcgcctttacgaaactgatcccgcagcctgcctgaagaaagaagtcgaaggctcccacctacctgaactgatttggcgctccgtcaccgtcaagggctccgtggtcggccaagacctcaaagaatctagcctgcgcgaaatcctcaactacggacacacctttgcccacgccgtcgaactccgcgaaaacttccgctggcgccacggcaatgccgttgcagtgggcatgatgttcatcgccaacctctcccacaagctcgggcttatcgacgcgcccctcctcgagcgccaccgctcaatcctggcggccatcggtctgcccacttcctacgaaggcggagccttcgacgagctttacgacggtatgacccgcgacaagaaaaaccgcgacggcaacatccgcttcgtcgcactgaccgccgtgggcgaggttacccgcattgaggggccctcaaaacaagatttacagagtgcttatgaggcaatcagccactaa aroB amino acid sequence <SEQ ID NO: 141>MSAVQIFNTVHVNGSSPYDVHIGSGLNELIVQRAAESGAEQVAILHQPSMDDIASELDAALVAAGLKVLHLNVPDAENGKSLEVAGQCWDELGGAAFGRRDIVIGLGGGAATDLAGFVAAAWMRGVRVIQVPTTLLAMVDAAVGGKTGINTAAGKNLVGAFHEPDAVFIDTDRLATLPDAEIIAGSAEIIKTGFIADPEILRLYETDPAACLKKEVEGSHLPELIWRSVTVKGSVVGQDLKESSLREILNYGHTFAHAVELRENFRWRHGNAVAVGMMFIANLSHKLGLIDAPLLERHRSILAAIGLPTSYEGGAFDELYDGMTRDKKNRDGNIRFVALTAVGEVTRIEGPSKQDLQSAYEAISH- tkt gene sequence <SEQ ID NO: 142>gtggacaccaaggctgtagacactgttcgtgtcctcgctgcagacgctgtagaaaactgtggctccggccacccaggcaccgcaatgagcctggctccccttgcatacaccttgtaccagcgggttatgaacgtagatccacaggacaccaactgggcaggccgtgaccgcttcgttctttcttgtggccactcctctttgacccagtacatccagctttacttgggtggattcggccttgagatggatgacctgaaggctctgcgcacctgggattccttgaccccaggacaccctgagtaccgccacaccaagggcgttgagatcaccactggccctcttggccagggtcttgcatctgcagttggtatggccatggctgctcgtcgtgagcgtggcctattcgacccaaccgctgctgagggcgaatccccattcgaccaccacatctacgtcattgcttctgatggtgacctgcaggaaggtgtcacctctgaggcatcctccatcgctggcacccagcagctgggcaacctcatcgtgttctgggatgacaaccgcatctccatcgaagacaacactgagatcgctttcaacgaggacgttgttgctcgttacaaggcttacggctggcagaccattgaggttgaggctggcgaggacgttgcagcaatcgaagctgcagtggctgaggctaagaaggacaccaagcgacctaccttcatccgcgttcgcaccatcatcggcttcccagctccaactatgatgaacaccggtgctgtgcacggtgctgctcttggcgcagctgaggttgcagcaaccaagactgagcttggattcgatcctgaggctcacttcgcgatcgacgatgaggttatcgctcacacccgctccctcgcagagcgcgctgcacagaagaaggctgcatggcaggtcaagttcgatgagtgggcagctgccaaccctgagaacaaggctctgttcgatcgcctgaactcccgtgagcttccagcgggctacgctgacgagctcccaacatgggatgcagatgagaagggcgtcgcaactcgtaaggcttccgaggctgcacttcaggcactgggcaagacccttcctgagctgtggggcggttccgctgacctcgcaggttccaacaacaccgtgatcaagggctccccttccttcggccctgagtccatctccaccgagacctggtctgctgagccttacggccgtaacctgcacttcggtatccgtgagcacgctatgggatccatcctcaacggcatttccctccacggtggcacccgcccatacggcggaaccttcctcatcttctccgactacatgcgtcctgcagttcgtcttgcagctctcatggagaccgacgcttactacgtctggacccacgactccatcggtctgggcgaagatggcccaacccaccagcctgttgaaaccttggctgcactgcgcgccatcccaggtctgtccgtcctgcgtcctgcagatgcgaacgagaccgcccaggcttgggctgcagcacttgagtacaaggaaggccctaagggtcttgcactgacccgccagaacgttcctgttctggaaggcaccaaggagaaggctgctgaaggcgttcgccgcggtggctacgtcctggttgagggttccaaggaaaccccagatgtgatcctcatgggctccggctccgaggttcagcttgcagttaacgctgcgaaggctctggaagctgagggcgttgcagctcgcgttgtttccgttccttgcatggattggttccaggagcaggacgcagagtacatcgagtccgttctgcctgcagctgtgaccgctcgtgtgtctgttgaagctggcatcgcaatgccttggtaccgcttcttgggcacccagggccgtgctgtctcccttgagcacttcggtgcttctgcggattaccagaccctgtttgagaagttcggcatcaccaccgatgcagtcgtggcagcggccaaggactccattaacggttaatkt amino acid sequence <SEQ ID NO: 143>VDTKAVDTVRVLAADAVENCGSGHPGTAMSLAPLAYTLYQRVMNVDPQDTNWAGRDRFVLSCGHSSLTQYIQLYLGGFGLEMDDLKALRTWDSLTPGHPEYRHTKGVEITTGPLGQGLASAVGMAMAARRERGLFDPTAAEGESPFDHHIYVIASDGDLQEGVTSEASSIAGTQQLGNLIVFWDDNRISIEDNTEIAFNEDVVARYKAYGWQTIEVEAGEDVAAIEAAVAEAKKDTKRPTFIRVRTIIGFPAPTMMNTGAVHGAALGAAEVAATKTELGFDPEAHFAIDDEVIAHTRSLAERAAQKKAAWQVKFDEWAAANPENKALFDRLNSRELPAGYADELPTWDADEKGVATRKASEAALQALGKTLPELWGGSADLAGSNNTVIKGSPSFGPESISTETWSAEPYGRNLHFGIREHAMGSILNGISLHGGTRPYGGTFLIFSDYMRPAVRLAALMETDAYYVWTHDSIGLGEDGPTHQPVETLAALRAIPGLSVLRPADANETAQAWAAALEYKEGPKGLALTRQNVPVLEGTKEKAAEGVRRGGYVLVEGSKETPDVILMGSGSEVQLAVNAAKALEAEGVAARVVSVPCMDWFQEQDAEYIESVLPAAVTARVSVEAGIAMPWYRFLGTQGRAVSLEHFGASADYQTLFEKFGITTDAVVAAAKDSING- metK gene sequence <SEQ ID NO: 144>gtggctcagccaaccgccgtccgtttgttcaccagtgaatctgtaactgagggacatccagacaaaatatgtgatgctatttccgataccattttggacgcgctgctcgaaaaagatccgcagtcgcgcgtcgcagtggaaactgtggtcaccaccggaatcgtccatgttgttggcgaggtccgtaccagcgcttacgtagagatccctcaattagtccgcaacaagctcatcgaaatcggattcaactcctctgaggttggattcgacggacgcacctgtggcgtctcagtatccatcggtgagcagtcccaggaaatcgctgacggcgtggataactccgacgaagcccgcaccaacggcgacgttgaagaagacgaccgcgcaggtgctggcgaccagggcctgatgttcggctacgccaccaacgaaaccgaagagtacatgcctcttcctatcgcgttggcgcaccgactgtcacgtcgtctgacccaggttcgtaaagagggcatcgttcctcacctgcgtccagacggaaaaacccaggtcaccttcgcatacgatgcgcaagaccgccctagccacctggataccgttgtcatctccacccagcacgacccagaagttgaccgtgcatggttggaaacccaactgcgcgaacacgtcattgattgggtaatcaaagacgcaggcattgaggatctggcaaccggtgagatcaccgtgttgatcaacccttcaggttccttcattctgggtggccccatgggtgatgcgggtctgaccggccgcaagatcatcgtggatacctacggtggcatggctcgccatggtggtggagcattctccggtaaggatccaagcaaggtggaccgctctgctgcatacgccatgcgttgggtagcaaagaacatcgtggcagcaggccttgctgatcgcgctgaagttcaggttgcatacgccattggacgcgcaaagccagtcggactttacgttgaaacctttgacaccaacaaggaaggcctgagcgacgagcagattcaggctgccgtgttggaggtctttgacctgcgtccagcagcaattatccgtgagcttgatctgcttcgtccgatctacgctgacactgctgcctacggccactttggtcgcactgatttggaccttccttgggaggctatcgaccgcgttgatgaacttcgcgcagccctcaagttggcctaa metK amino acid sequence <SEQ ID NO: 145>VAQPTAVRLFTSESVTEGHPDKICDAISDTILDALLEKDPQSRVAVETVVTTGIVHVVGEVRTSAYVEIPQLVRNKLIEIGFNSSEVGFDGRTCGVSVSIGEQSQEIADGVDNSDEARTNGDVEEDDRAGAGDQGLMFGYATNETEEYMPLPIALAHRLSRRLTQVRKEGIVPHLRPDGKTQVTFAYDAQDRPSHLDTVVISTQHDPEVDRAWLETQLREHVIDWVIKDAGIEDLATGEITVLINPSGSFILGGPMGDAGLTGRKIIVDTYGGMARHGGGAFSGKDPSKVDRSAAYAMRWVAKNIVAAGLADRAEVQVAYAIGRAKPVGLYVETFDTNKEGLSDEQIQAAVLEVFDLRPAAIIRELDLLRPIYADTAAYGHFGRTDLDLPWEAIDRVDELRAALKLA-aroG gene sequence <SEQ ID NO: 146>atgagttctccagtctcactcgaaaacgcggcgtcaaccagcaacaagcgcgtcgtggctttccacgagctgcctagccctacagatctcatcgccgcaaacccactgacaccaaagcaggcttccaaggtggagcaggatcgccaggacatcgctgatatcttcgctggcgacgatgaccgcctcgttgtcgttgtgggaccttgctcagttcacgatcctgaagcagccatcgattacgcaaaccgcctggctccgctggcaaagcgccttgatcaggacctcaagattgtcatgcgcgtgtacttcgagaagcctcgcaccatcgtcggatggaagggattgatcaatgatcctcacctcaacgaaacctacgacatcccagagggcttgcgcattgcgcgcaaagtgcttatcgacgttgtgaaccttgatctcccagtcggctgcgaattcctcgaaccaaacagccctcagtactacgccgacactgtcgcatggggagcaatcggcgctcgtaccaccgaatctcaggtgcaccgccagctggcttctgggatgtctatgccaattggtttcaagaacggaactgacggaaacatccaggttgcagtcgacgcggtacaggctgcccagaacccacacttcttcttcggaacctccgacgacggcgcgctgagcgtcgtggagaccgcaggcaacagcaactcccacatcattttgcgcggcggtacctccggcccgaatcatgatgcagcttcggtggaggccgtcgtcgagaagcttggtgaaaacgctcgtctcatgatcgatgcttcccatgctaactccggcaaggatcatatccgacaggttgaggttgttcgtgaaatcgcagagcagatttctggcggttctgaagctgtggctggaatcatgattgagtccttcctcgttggtggcgcacagaaccttgatcctgcgaaattgcgcatcaatggcggtgaaggcctggtgtacggacagtctgtgaccgataagtgcatcgatattgacaccaccatcgatttgctcgctgagctggccgcagcagtaagggaacgccgagcagcagccaagtaa aroG amino acid sequence <SEQ ID NO: 147>MSSPVSLENAASTSNKRVVAFHELPSPTDLIAANPLTPKQASKVEQDRQDIADIFAGDDDRLVVVVGPCSVHDPEAAIDYANRLAPLAKRLDQDLKIVMRVYFEKPRTIVGWKGLINDPHLNETYDIPEGLRIARKVLIDVVNLDLPVGCEFLEPNSPQYYADTVAWGAIGARTTESQVHRQLASGMSMPIGFKNGTDGNIQVAVDAVQAAQNPHFFFGTSDDGALSVVETAGNSNSHIILRGGTSGPNHDAASVEAVVEKLGENARLMIDASHANSGKDHIRQVEVVREIAEQISGGSEAVAGIMIESFLVGGAQNLDPAKLRINGGEGLVYGQSVTDKCIDIDTTIDLLAELAAAVRERRAAAK sahH gene sequence <SEQ ID NO: 148>atggcacaggttatggacttcaaggttgccgatctttcactagcagaggcaggacgtcaccagattcgtcttgcagagtatgagatgccaggtctcatgcagttgcgcaaggaattcgcagacgagcagcctttgaagggcgcccgaattgctggttctatccacatgacggtccagaccgccgtgcttattgagaccctcactgctttgggcgctgaggttcgttgggcttcctgcaacattttctccacccaggatgaggctgcagcggctatcgttgtcggctccggcaccgtcgaagagccagctggtgttccagtattcgcgtggaagggtgagtcactggaggagtactggtggtgcatcaaccagatcttcagctggggcgatgagctgccaaacatgatcctcgacgacggcggtgacgccaccatggctgttattcgcggtcgcgaatacgagcaggctggtctggttccaccagcagaggccaacgattccgatgagtacatcgcattcttgggcatgctgcgtgaggttcttgctgcagagcctggcaagtggggcaagatcgctgaggccgttaagggtgtcaccgaggaaaccaccaccggtgtgcaccgcctgtaccacttcgctgaagaaggcgtgctgcctttcccagcgatgaacgtcaacgacgctgtcaccaagtccaagtttgataacaagtacggcacccgccactccctgatcgacggcatcaaccgcgccactgacatgctcatgggcggcaagaacgtgcttgtctgcggttacggcgatgtcggcaagggctgcgctgaggctttcgacggccagggcgctcgcgtcaaggtcaccgaagctgacccaatcaacgctcttcaggctctgatggatggctactctgtggtcaccgttgatgaggccatcgaggacgccgacatcgtgatcaccgcgaccggcaacaaggacatcatttccttcgagcagatgctcaagatgaaggatcacgctctgctgggcaacatcggtcactttgataatgagatcgatatgcattccctgttgcaccgcgacgacgtcacccgcaccacgatcaagccacaggtcgacgagttcaccttctccaccggtcgctccatcatcgtcctgtccgaaggtcgcctgttgaaccttggcaacgccaccggacacccatcatttgtcatgtccaactctttcgccgatcagaccattgcgcagatcgaactgttccaaaacgaaggacagtacgagaacgaggtctaccgtctgcctaaggttctcgacgaaaaggtggcacgcatccacgttgaggctctcggcggtcagctcaccgaactgaccaaggagcaggctgagtacatcggcgttgacgttgcaggcccattcaagccggagcactaccgctac taasahH amino acid sequence <SEQ ID NO: 149>MAQVMDFKVADLSLAEAGRHQIRLAEYEMPGLMQLRKEFADEQPLKGARIAGSIHMTVQTAVLIETLTALGAEVRWASCNIFSTQDEAAAAIVVGSGTVEEPAGVPVFAWKGESLEEYWWCINQIFSWGDELPNMILDDGGDATMAVIRGREYEQAGLVPPAEANDSDEYIAFLGMLREVLAAEPGKWGKIAEAVKGVTEETTTGVHRLYHFAEEGVLPFPAMNVNDAVTKSKFDNKYGTRHSLIDGINRATDMLMGGKNVLVCGYGDVGKGCAEAFDGQGARVKVTEADPINALQALMDGYSVVTVDEAIEDADIVITATGNKDIISFEQMLKMKDHALLGNIGHFDNEIDMHSLLHRDDVTRTTIKPQVDEFTFSTGRSIIVLSEGRLLNLGNATGHPSFVMSNSFADQTIAQIELFQNEGQYENEVYRLPKVLDEKVARIHVEALGGQLTELTKEQAEYIGVDVAGPFKPE HYRYaroG^(S180F) gene sequence <SEQ ID NO: 150>atgaattatcagaacgacgatttacgcatcaaagaaatcaaagagttacttcctcctgtcgcattgctggaaaaattccccgctactgaaaatgccgcgaatacggttgcccatgcccgaaaagcgatccataagatcctgaaaggtaatgatgatcgcctgttggttgtgattggcccatgctcaattcatgatcctgtcgcggcaaaagagtatgccactcgcttgctggcgctgcgtgaagagctgaaagatgagctggaaatcgtaatgcgcgtctattttgaaaagccgcgtaccacggtgggctggaaagggctgattaacgatccgcatatggataatagcttccagatcaacgacggtctgcgtatagcccgtaaattgctgcttgatattaacgacagcggtctgccagcggcaggtgagtttctcgatatgatcaccccacaatatctcgctgacctgatgagctggggcgcaattggcgcacgtaccaccgaatcgcaggtgcaccgcgaactggcatcagggcttttttgtccggtcggcttcaaaaatggcaccgacggtacgattaaagtggctatcgatgccattaatgccgccggtgcgccgcactgcttcctgtccgtaacgaaatgggggcattcggcgattgtgaataccagcggtaacggcgattgccatatcattctgcgcggcggtaaagagcctaactacagcgcgaagcacgttgctgaagtgaaagaagggctgaacaaagcaggcctgccagcacaggtgatgatcgatttcagccatgctaactcgtccaaacaattcaaaaagcagatggatgtttgtgctgacgtttgccagcagattgccggtggcgaaaaggccattattggcgtgatggtggaaagccatctggtggaaggcaatcagagcctcgagagcggggagccgctggcctacggtaagagcatcaccgatgcctgcatcggctgggaagataccgatgctctgttacgtcaactggcgaatgcagtaaaagcgcgtcgcgggtaa aro^(GS18F) amino acid sequence<SEQ ID NO: 151> MNYQNDDLRIKEIKELLPPVALLEKFPATENAANTVAHARKAIHKILKGNDDRLLVVIGPCSIHDPVAAKEYATRLLALREELKDELEIVMRVYFEKPRTTVGWKGLINDPHMDNSFQINDGLRIARKLLLDINDSGLPAAGEFLDMITPQYLADLMSWGAIGARTTESQVHRELASGLFCPVGFKNGTDGTIKVAIDAINAAGAPHCFLSVTKWGHSAIVNTSGNGDCHIILRGGKEPNYSAKHVAEVKEGLNKAGLPAQVMIDFSHANSSKQFKKQMDVCADVCQQIAGGEKAIIGVMVESHLVEGNQSLESGEPLAYGKSITDACIGWEDTDALLRQLANAVKARRG-aamt 2 gene sequence <SEQ ID NO: 152>ATGAGAATAGAGCGTGATCTCCACATGGCCACAGGGGACGGAGAAACTAGCTACACGAAAAATTCTAGGATTCAAGAGAAAACTATGITTCAGATCAAGCCTGICCITGAGGAGGCCACAAGAGCAGTATACACAGCTCTCCACCCTCAAACCATGGITGTTGCTGACTTAGGCTGCTCATCTGGGCCTAACACACTACGCTTCGTATCCGAGGTGATTGGCATCATAGCTCGCCATTGCAAAGAATATGGCCGACAACATGACCACACACAGCTICAGTICTICCTGAATGACCTGCCCGGAAACGACTTCAACAATCTCTTCCAGCTGATCCAGCAGTTCAATAAGTCGACGGCAATAAACCACAAGAGTGAGGCAGCTGAGGCACTACCTCCTCCGTGCTATATCTCTGGGTTGCCTGGCTCCTACTACACTAGGATCTTCCCTAGCGAAAGTGTTCACCTTTTCCATTCTTTGTTCTGCCTTCAGTGGCGCTCTGAGGCACCAGAGGGCAACAAAAAAACATGCCTAGATATCTACATCACAAAGACTATGTCACCGTCGATGGTGAAGTTGTTTCAACAACAGTTTCAGAAGGATTTCTCCCTCTTCCTCAGGCTACGCTACGAGGAACTCGTGTCCGGTGGCCAAATGGTTCTAACATTTATTGGAAGGAAGCATGAGAATGTGTTCACTGGAGAGTCTAACCATCTTTACGGATTGCTTGCGCAGTCACTGAAATCCCTAGTTGATGAGGGTCTTGTGGAGAAGGAAAAACTTGAATCATTCTATTTACCAATGTATTCACCATCGGTTGGTGAAGTGGAGGCCATACTAAAGCAAGTTGGGTTGTTCAACATGAATCATGTAAAAGTATTCCAGACAAATTGGGATCCCTACGATGACTTGGAAAGTGATGTTGTGCATAACAGTATTAGGAGCGGTGAAAATGTTGCTAAGTGCCTACGAGCAGTTATGCAGCCGCTAGTCGCAAGCCAATTTGGAGAACCCATTCTCGATAAGTTATTCAAAGAGTACGCTCGCCGTGTTGCCAAACACCTTGAGAATGAGAAAACCAAGCATGCTATTATTGTCCTATCCATCGAGAAAGCAATTCACCTGTGA aamt 2 amino acid sequence<SEQ ID NO: 153>MRIERDLHMATGDGETSYTKNSRIQEKTMFQIKPVLEEATRAVYTALHPQTMVVADLGCSSGPNTLRFVSEVIGIIARHCKEYGRQHDHTQLQFFLNDLPGNDFNNLFQLIQQFNKSTAINHKSEAAEALPPPCYISGLPGSYYTRIFPSESVHLFHSLFCLQWRSEAPEGNKKTCLDIYITKTMSPSMVKLFQQQFQKDFSLFLRLRYEELVSGGQMVLIFIGRKHENVFTGESNHLYGLLAQSLKSLVDEGLVEKEKLESFYLPMYSPSVGEVEAILKQVGLFNMNHVKVFQTNWDPYDDLESDVVHNSIRSGENVAKCLRAVMQPLVASQFGEPILDKLFKEYARRVAKHLENEKTKHAIIVLSIEKAIHL aamt 3 gene sequence <SEQ ID NO: 154>ATGCCGATGAGAATCGAGCGTGATCTCCACATGGCCACAGGGAACGGAGAAACTAGCTACACGAAAAACTCTAGGATTCAGGAGAAAGTTATGTTTCAGATCAAGCCAGTCCTTGAGGAGGCCACTAGAGCAGCATACTCAGCTCTCCTCCCTCAAACCATGGTCGTGGCCGACTTAGGCTGCTCATCGGGGCCTAACACACTGCGCTTCGTCTCCGAGGTGATTGGCATCATAGCTCGCCATTGCAAAGAACACGACCGACGACATGACTACCCACAACTTCAGTTCTTCCTGAATGACCTGCCGGGAAACGACTTCAACAATCTCTTCCTACTCATCCAGCAGTTCAATAAGTCGATGGCAAGAAACCACAAGGGTGAGGCAGCCGAGGCACTGCCTCCGTGCTATATCTCTGGTTTGCCAGGCTCCTTCTACACTAGGATCTTCCCTAGCGAAAGCGTTCACCTTTTCCACTCTTTGTTCTCCGTTCACTGGCACTCTCAGGCATCAGAACAACTAAAGGACACCAAAAATAAATGCTTAGATATCTACATCACAAAGAATATGCCACCGTCGATGGTGAAGTTGTTTCAACAGCAGTTTGAGAAGGACTTCTCCCTCTTCCTCAAGCTACGCTATGAGGAACTCGTGTCTGGTGGCCAAATGGTTCTAACATTTATTGGAAGAAAGCATGAGGATGTGTTCACTGGAGAGTCCAACCATCTTTACGGATTGCTTGCGCAGTCACTGAAATCCCTAGTTGATGAGGGTCTTGTGGAGAAAGAAAAACTTGAGTCATTCTATCTTCCGATCTACTCACCGTCGGTTGGTGAAGTGGAGGCGATAGTGAAGCAAGTTGGGTTGTTCAACATGAATCATGTTAAAGTATTTGAGATAAATTGGGATCCCTACGGTGACTCAGAAGGTGATGATGTGCATGACAGTATTAGGAGCGGTGAAAATGTTGCTAAGTGCCTACGAGCAGTTATGGAGCCGTTGGTTGCAAGCCAATTTGGAGAACACATACTCGACAAGTTATTCAAAGAGTACGCTCGTCGTGTTGCCAAACACCTTGAGAATGAGAAAACCAAGCATGCTATTCTTGTCCTATCCATCGAGAAAGCAATAATTCATGTGTGA aamt 3 amino acid sequence <SEQ ID NO: 155>MPMRIERDLHMATGNGETSYTKNSRIQEKVMFQIKPVLEEATRAAYSALLPQTMVVADLGCSSGPNTLRFVSEVIGIIARHCKEHDRRHDYPQLQFFLNDLPGNDFNNLFLLIQQFNKSMARNHKGEAAEALPPCYISGLPGSFYTRIFPSESVHLFHSLFSVHWHSQASEQLKDTKNKCLDIYITKNMPPSMVKLFQQQFEKDFSLFLKLRYEELVSGGQMVLTFIGRKHEDVFTGESNHLYGLLAQSLKSLVDEGLVEKEKLESFYLPIYSPSVGEVEAIVKQVGLFNMNHVKVFEINWDPYGDSEGDDVHDSIRSGENVAKCLRAVMEPLVASQFGEHILDKLFKEYARRVAKHLENEKTKHAILVLSIEKAIIHV

13-4. Host Strain Information

Escherichia coli str. K-12 substr. W3110

Corynebacterium glutamicum ATCC 13032

Although specific configurations of the present invention have beendescribed in detail, those skilled in the art will appreciate that thisdetailed description is provided as preferred embodiments forillustrative purposes and should not be construed as limiting the scopeof the present invention. Therefore, the substantial scope of thepresent invention is defined by the accompanying claims filed andequivalents thereto.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS

For Recombinant E. Coli

trpD, anthranilate phosphoribosyltransferase

aroK, shikimate kinase 1

pykF, pyruvate kinase I

pykA, pyruvate kinase II

aroG^(fbr), feedback-resistant 3-deoxy-7-phosphoheptulonate synthase

metA^(fbr), homoserine O-succinyltransferase

cysE^(fbr), serine acetyltransferase

trpE^(fbr), anthranilate synthase subunit

ppsA, phosphoenolpyruvate synthetase

aroL, shikimate kinase 2

tktA, transketolase 1

metK, S-adenosylmethionine synthase

mtn, S-adenosylhomocysteine nucleosidase

luxS, S-ribosylhomocysteine lyase

For Recombinant C. Glutamicum

trpD, anthranilate phosphoribosyltransferase

qsuB, dehydroshikimate dehydratase

qsuD, quinate/shikimate dehydrogenase

hdpA, dihydroxyacetone phosphate phosphatase

aroK, shikimate kinase,

aroB, 3-dehydroquinate synthase

tkt, transketolase,

metK, S-adenosylmethionine synthase

aroG, 3-deoxy-7-phosphoheptulonate synthase

sahH, adenosylhomocysteinase

aroG^(S180F), feedback-resistant 3-deoxy-7-phosphoheptulonate synthase

What is claimed is:
 1. A recombinant microorganism obtained byintroducing a gene encoding anthranilate O-methyltransferase into amicroorganism having a capacity to produce anthranilic acid (ANT),wherein the recombinant microorganism has a capacity to produce methylanthranilate (MANT).
 2. The recombinant microorganism according to claim1, wherein the gene encoding anthranilate O-methyltransferase is aamt1,aamt2 or aamt3.
 3. The recombinant microorganism according to claim 2,wherein the aamt1 gene is set forth in SEQ ID NO:
 1. 4. The recombinantmicroorganism according to claim 1, wherein the gene is codon-optimizedto be suitable for expression in the microorganism having the capacityto produce anthranilic acid (ANT).
 5. The recombinant microorganismaccording to claim 1, wherein the gene is introduced along with apromoter selected from the group consisting of lac, lacUV5, trc, tac,trp, araBAD, T3, T5, T7, L10, 116, H30, H36, sod, tuf, eftu, Pm andPtet.
 6. The recombinant microorganism according to claim 1, wherein thecapacity to produce anthranilic acid is inherent in the microorganism oris introduced from an external origin.
 7. The recombinant microorganismaccording to claim 1, wherein the microorganism having the capacity toproduce anthranilic acid is selected from the group consisting ofEscherichia coli, Corynebacterium sp., Bacillus sp., Lactobacillus sp.,Lactococcus sp., Pseudomonas sp., Anacystis sp., Anabena sp., Chlorobiumsp., Chloroflexus sp., Clostridium sp., Methanobacterium,Propionibacterium sp., Rhodopseudomonas sp., Rhodobacter sp., Rhodovulumsp., Streptococcus sp., Saccharomyces sp. and Aspergillus sp.
 8. Therecombinant microorganism according to claim 1, wherein the recombinantmicroorganism is characterized in that SAM recycling capacity is furtherenhanced.
 9. The recombinant microorganism according to claim 1, whereinthe recombinant microorganism is characterized in that at least one geneselected from the group consisting of trpD, pykA and pykF is deleted orinhibited; at least one feedback-resistant gene selected from the groupconsisting of aroG^(fbr), MetA^(fbr), cysE^(fbr) and trpE^(fbr) isintroduced or amplified; or at least one gene selected from the groupconsisting of ppsA, aroL, tktA, metK, mtn and luxS is introduced oramplified.
 10. The recombinant microorganism according to claim 1,wherein the recombinant microorganism is characterized in thataroG^(fbr), metA^(fbr), cysE^(fbr) and ppsA genes are introduced oramplified, and trpD and pykF genes are deleted or inhibited.
 11. Therecombinant microorganism according to claim 10, wherein the recombinantmicroorganism is characterized in that a tktA and/or metK gene isfurther introduced or amplified.
 12. The recombinant microorganismaccording to claim 11, wherein the recombinant microorganism isEscherichia coli (E. coli).
 13. The recombinant microorganism accordingto claim 1, wherein the recombinant microorganism is characterized inthat at least one gene selected from the group consisting of trpD, qsuB,qsuD and hdpA is deleted or inhibited.
 14. The recombinant microorganismaccording to claim 1, wherein the recombinant microorganism ischaracterized in that at least one gene selected from the groupconsisting of aroK, aroB, tkt, metK, aroG and sahH is introduced oramplified.
 15. The recombinant microorganism according to claim 14,wherein the aroG gene is a feedback-resistant aroG gene.
 16. Therecombinant microorganism according to claim 1, wherein the recombinantmicroorganism is characterized in that aroG^(S180F) and sahH genes areintroduced or amplified, and trpD, qsuB, qsuD and hdpA genes are deletedor inhibited.
 17. The recombinant microorganism according to claim 16,wherein the recombinant microorganism is Corynebacterium glutamicum (C.glutamicum).
 18. A method of producing methyl anthranilate comprising:(a) culturing the recombinant microorganism according to claim 1 toproduce methyl anthranilate; and (b) recovering the methyl anthranilate.19. The method according to claim 18, wherein the culturing is carriedout in a two-phase system comprising an aqueous phase and an organicphase.
 20. The method according to claim 19, wherein the organic phasecomprises tributyrin, a silicon oil, or 2-undecanone.
 21. The methodaccording to claim 19, wherein the culturing is carried out by addingmethionine to a medium.
 22. The method according to claim 19, whereinthe recombinant microorganism is cultured in a medium supplemented withanthranilic acid.